Is behavioral regulation in children with ADHD aggravated by comorbid anxiety disorder?

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_A687E6D938FB
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Is behavioral regulation in children with ADHD aggravated by comorbid anxiety disorder?
Journal
Journal of attention disorders
Author(s)
Sørensen L., Plessen K.J., Nicholas J., Lundervold A.J.
ISSN
1557-1246 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1087-0547
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
15
Number
1
Pages
56-66
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The present study investigated the impact of coexisting anxiety disorder in children with ADHD on their ability to regulate behavior.
Parent reports on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in a comorbid group of children with ADHD and anxiety (n = 11) were compared to BRIEF reports in a group of children with a "pure" ADHD (n = 23), a "pure" anxiety (n = 24) and a group without any diagnosis (n = 104) in a 2 (ADHD vs. no ADHD) × 2 (anxiety vs. no anxiety) design.
The children with ADHD and anxiety disorder scored significantly higher on the Inhibit scale than children within the other three groups. Main effects of diagnosis appeared in ADHD children on the Inhibit, Emotional Control, and Working Memory scales, and on the Shift and Emotional Control scales in anxious children.
The results indicate that a behavioral dysregulation in ADHD children is aggravated by comorbid anxiety.
Keywords
Analysis of Variance, Anxiety Disorders/complications, Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis, Anxiety Disorders/psychology, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/complications, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/psychology, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Inhibition (Psychology), Internal-External Control, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Prospective Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Severity of Illness Index, Sex Factors, Social Control, Informal, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Web of science
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