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Executive functioning in children with ADHD Investigating the cross-method correlations between performance tests and rating scales

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

Volume 12 (2024): Issue 1 (January 2024)

By: Kristoffer Dalsgaard Olsen, Denis Sukhodolsky and Aida Bikic

Open Access

|Apr 2024

Figures & Tables

Pairwise correlations between CANTAB subscales and BRIEF and COSS subscales for children with predominantly inattentive ADHD subtype_

	BRIEF, n = 47									COSS, n = 47
	GE	EM	SH	IN	MA	IH	ME	MO	PL	TO	TP	OA	MM
CANTAB (n = 52)
TO	−.35*	−.43**	−.33*	−.26^NS	−.03^NS	−.24^NS	−.10^NS	−.36*	.04^NS	−.10^NS	0.03^NS	−0.04^NS	−0.23^NS
OT	.34*	.41**	.22^NS	−.00^NS	.09^NS	.39**	.08^NS	.29^NS	.09^NS	.12^NS	−0.18^NS	−0.04*	0.25^NS
SW	−.25^NS	−.27^NS	.18^NS	−.39**	.08^NS	−.11^NS	−.13^NS	−.30*	.01^NS	−.16^NS	−0.08^NS	−0.13^NS	−0.23^NS
SS	−.12^NS	−.18^NS	−.28^NS	−.13^NS	−.04^NS	.02^NS	.01^NS	−.14^NS	.18^NS	.11^NS	−0.06^NS	0.02^NS	.08^NS

Participant characteristics (N=139)_

Sex, n (%)
Girl	31 (22%)
Boy	108 (78%)
Child age, mean (SD) [range]	10.2 (1.7) [6–13]
ADHD subtype, n (%)
Predominately inattentive	52 (37%)
Hyperactive	5 (4%)
Combined	82 (59%)
Comorbidity, n (%)
None	97 (70%)
≥ 1	42 (30%)
IQ, mean (SD) [range]	97.5 (7.8) [81–23]
IQ tertiles, n (%)
Lower (81–93)	46 (33%)
Middle (94–100)	41 (30%)
Higher (101–123)	52 (37%)
BRIEF GE, mean (SD) [range]	72.6 (7.2) [53–88]
COSS TO, mean (SD) [range]	67.6 (6.4) [54–80]

Means and SDs of subscales, and pairwise correlations between subscales_

	BRIEF, n = 129									COSS, n = 124				CANTAB, n = 137
	GE	EM	SH	IN	MA	IH	ME	MO	PL	TO	TP	OA	MM	TO	OT	SW	SS
Mean (SD)	72.6 (7.2)	64.8 (11.9)	71.3 (11.6)	65.6 (8.1)	63.5 (7.3)	67.3 (10.2)	73.7 (6.3)	66.8 (7.5)	70.5 (6.9)	67.6 (6.4)	66.8 (9.2)	63.3 (5.1)	65.5 (9.2)	−.003 (.660)	.000 (1.004)	.000 (1.000)	−.000 (.894)
BRIEF
GE	1
EM	.77***	1
SH	.75***	.68***	1
IN	.61***	.30***	.37***	1
MA	.44***	.17^NS	.12^NS	.22*	1
IH	.73***	.60***	.47***	.24**	.21*	1
ME	.60***	.30***	.32***	.45***	.29**	.29***	1
MO	.66***	.40***	.37***	.35***	.26**	.54***	.23**	1
PL	.66***	.25**	.35***	.56***	.39***	.22*	.54***	.44***	1
COSS
TO	.53***	.33***	.32***	.26**	.37***	.31***	.42***	.30**	.46***	1
TP	.27**	.20*	.23*	.17^NS	−.07^NS	.15^NS	.32***	.11^NS	.24**	.63***	1
OA	.23*	.10^NS	.04^NS	.06^NS	.35***	.03^NS	.18^NS	.26**	.30**	.61***	.21*	1
MM	.53***	.38***	.31***	.25*	.22*	.41***	.34***	.34***	.41***	.75***	.40***	.29**	1
CANTAB
TO	−.09^NS	−.15^NS	−.11^NS	−.07^NS	.09^NS	.11^NS	−.03^NS	−.19*	.14^NS	0.4^NS	.01^NS	.18*	−.06^NS	1
OT	.11^NS	.20*	.06^NS	−.05^NS	−.03^NS	.25**	−.03^NS	.14^NS	−.10^NS	.02^NS	−.08^NS	−.22*	.09^NS	.74***	1
SW	.04^NS	−.00^NS	−.01^NS	−.13^NS	.18*	.05^NS	.09^NS	−.06^NS	.09^NS	.07^NS	−.03^NS	.10^NS	−.05^NS	.69***	−.27**	1
SS	−.12^NS	−.10^NS	−.17^NS	−.05^NS	−.04^NS	−.01^NS	−.06^NS	−.18*	.09^NS	.04^NS	.04^NS	.05^NS	.05^NS	.62***	−.22*	.11^NS	1

Pairwise correlations between composite scores, stratified on sex: r (p-value)_

	BRIEF GE n = 129	COSS TO n = 124	CANTAB TO n = 137
Girls (n = 30)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.217 (.268)	1
CANTAB TO	−.007 (.971)	.285 (.133)	1
Boys (n= 105)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.613 (<.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.052 (.618)	−.004 (.969)	1

Pairwise correlations between composite scores, stratified on ADHD subtype: r (p-value)_

	BRIEF GE n = 129	COSS TO n = 124	CANTAB TO n = 137
Predominantly inattentive (n = 52)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.653(<.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.355 (.014)	−.105 (.482)	1
Combined (n = 82)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.435 (<.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.030 (.796)	.086 (.474)	1

Pairwise correlations between composite scores: r (p-value)

	BRIEF GE n = 129	COSS TO n = 124	CANTAB TO n = 137
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.526 (<0.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.095 (0.289)	.042 (.643)	1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2024-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2245-8875

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 9

Published on: Apr 19, 2024

Published by: Psychiatric Research Unit

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Keywords:

executive functions,

cross-methodological,

ecological validity,

cognitive test,

performance test,

Related subjects:

Basic medical science,

Basic medical science, other

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