Do Symptoms of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Children with ADHD Symptoms Represent Comorbid Internalizing Difficulties?

Autor/inn/en	Garner, Annie A.; Mrug, Sylvie; Hodgens, Bart; Patterson, Cryshelle
Titel	Do Symptoms of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Children with ADHD Symptoms Represent Comorbid Internalizing Difficulties?
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 17 (2013) 6, S.510-518 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054711431456
Schlagwörter	Conceptual Tempo; Comorbidity; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Behavior Problems; Learning Problems; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Attention Deficit Disorders; Children; Adolescents; Language Impairments; Mental Disorders; Interviews; Multiple Regression Analysis; Child Behavior Checklist; Childrens Manifest Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Angst; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Objective: Symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) are correlated with inattention and internalizing difficulties. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether symptoms of SCT reflect comorbid internalizing disorder with ADHD or a separate syndrome. Method: Using a clinical sample of youth evaluated for behavioral and learning difficulties ("N" = 73), this study examined whether SCT remains associated with symptoms of ADHD after accounting for comorbid symptoms of anxiety and depression reported by children and parents. Results: SCT symptoms were correlated with inattention and parent reports of child depression, but not with parent-reported anxiety or child reports of internalizing problems. Inattention (in the absence of hyperactivity/impulsivity) remained uniquely associated with SCT even after accounting for internalizing problems. Conclusion: The findings confirm SCT as a correlate of inattention and support its construct validity as separate from comorbid internalizing problems. Further research on the clinical utility of SCT is needed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10