Indexing Executive Functions with Test Scores, Parent Ratings and ERPs: How Do the Measures Relate in Children versus Adolescents with ADHD?

Häger, Linda AngelicaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Gillbergcentrum,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för farmakologi,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Pharmacology (författare)

Objective: Rating scales and neuropsychological tests including continuous performance tests (CPTs) are widely used to assess executive functions (EFs). Event-related potentials (ERPs) are also used to index certain EFs such as action preparation and inhibition. In this descriptive study, we examined the associations between results on an EF rating scale, a CPT and ERP components in ADHD as a function of age. Methods: Fifty-nine patients with ADHD (and more often than not with comorbid disorders) in two age groups (9-12 years and 13-17 years) were assessed using EF ratings, a visual CPT and ERPs (CueP3, P3go and P3no-go). Results: There were age related changes in the ERPs with the CueP3 amplitude being stronger in children, and the P3no-go amplitude stronger in adolescents. The associations between the EF measures were different in the two age groups. In particular, the P3no-go seemed to reflect different EF-related processes in children versus adolescents. Conclusion: Age group effects were seen on a selection of ERP amplitudes in this sample of patients with ADHD. Ratings, test scores and EF-related ERPs seem to capture different aspects of EF in ADHD, and the associations differed depending on age group. The results show that different measures of EF are not interchangeable and highlight the importance of age when interpreting ERPs.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper Neurovetenskaper hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Basic Medicine Neurosciences hsv//eng
executive functions
ADHD
electrophysiology
ratings
event related
potentials
cognitive control
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
performance-based measures
inhibitory control
behavior
task
components
inventory
validity
deficits
impact
Neurosciences & Neurology
Psychiatry

Ögrim, GeirGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Gillbergcentrum,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (författare)
Danielsen, M. (författare)
Billstedt, Eva,1961Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Gillbergcentrum,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre(Swepub:gu)xbilev (författare)
Gillberg, Christopher,1950Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Gillbergcentrum,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology(Swepub:gu)xgilch (författare)
Åsberg Johnels, Jakob,1978Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Gillbergcentrum,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre(Swepub:gu)xasbja (författare)
Göteborgs universitetGillbergcentrum (creator_code:org_t)

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