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Is WISC-IV Working Memory Index associated with ADHD symptoms in 7-8-year-olds?
Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Child and Adolescent Habilitation, Region Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden.
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Department of Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0837-1079
Department of Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Child Neuropsychiatric Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Applied neuropsychology. Child, ISSN 2162-2965, Vol. 13, no 4, p. 306-315Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Working Memory Index (WMI) in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) has been suggested to be associated with ADHD symptoms. The relationship between WMI and ADHD symptoms in the general population is not clear. The study aimed to examine the association between working memory (WM) and behavioral regulation (BR), and hyperactivity/inattention (HI) in a general population sample of 7-8-year-olds, and whether general intellectual functioning is associated with BR and HI. The study also examined if those with low WMI also fulfill elevated ADHD criteria. The study group (N = 865) was assessed with the WISC (Fourth edition), the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Five to Fifteen Questionnaire, and divided into three groups based on WM function, and in relation to BR and/or HI problems. The associations between WM and BR, and WM and HI, including intellectual functioning as covariate, were examined. WM deficits were found in 22%, but the majority of those had no BR or HI problems. Four percent in the study group had WM deficits combined with BR and/or HI problems, and in about one third of those inattentive ADHD criteria were fulfilled. WM and prosocial behavior were associated with BR and HI. WM deficits measured with WISC WMI in 7-8-year-olds do not always signal BR and/or HI problems.

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Taylor & Francis, 2024. Vol. 13, no 4, p. 306-315
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Community sample, WISC-IV, hyperactivity, inattention, working memory
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Psychiatry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-104164DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2023.2176232ISI: 000934457200001PubMedID: 36780371Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85148298527OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-104164DiVA, id: diva2:1736696
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EU, Horizon 2020, 634880Region Värmland, LIVFOU-938951 LIVFOU-967660AnnMari och Per Ahlqvists Stiftelse, 20191206Available from: 2023-02-14 Created: 2023-02-14 Last updated: 2024-10-01Bibliographically approved

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