Executive function in children with externalizing and comorbid internalizing behavior problems.

abstract

• BACKGROUND: The goal of this study is to investigate differences in executive function (EF) in children with different levels of disruptive behavior problems (DBP). METHODS: Ninety-three children between 7 and 12years old with DBP were compared to 63 normally developing peers on a battery of EF tasks that varied in the amount of required emotion regulation ('hot' EF). RESULTS: Differences in EF were found between DBP and comparison groups as indexed by hot EF tasks. Self-reported emotion scales, in conjunction with physiological recordings of heart rate, confirmed that emotions were elicited during hot EF. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that difficulties in hot EF underlie externalizing problem behaviors in middle childhood.

authors

• Woltering, Steven

published proceedings

• J Child Psychol Psychiatry

author list (cited authors)

• Woltering, S., Lishak, V., Hodgson, N., Granic, I., & Zelazo, P. D.

complete list of authors

• Woltering, Steven||Lishak, Victoria||Hodgson, Nick||Granic, Isabela||Zelazo, Philip David

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Behaviour Problems
• Child Development
• Emotion Regulation
• Executive Function
• Individual Differences

PubMed Central ID

• 25981677

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/jcpp.12428

start page

• 30

end page

• 38

volume

• 57

issue

• 1