Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
We investigated performance-derived measures of executive control, and their relationship with self- and informant reported executive functions in everyday life, in treatment-naive adults with newly diagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; n = 36) and in healthy controls (n = 35). S...
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| author | Venke Arntsberg Grane Tor Endestad Arnfrid Farbu Pinto Anne-Kristin Solbakk |
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| description | We investigated performance-derived measures of executive control, and their relationship with self- and informant reported executive functions in everyday life, in treatment-naive adults with newly diagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; n = 36) and in healthy controls (n = 35). Sustained attentional control and response inhibition were examined with the Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A.). Delayed responses, increased reaction time variability, and higher omission error rate to Go signals in ADHD patients relative to controls indicated fluctuating levels of attention in the patients. Furthermore, an increment in NoGo commission errors when Go stimuli increased relative to NoGo stimuli suggests reduced inhibition of task-irrelevant stimuli in conditions demanding frequent responding. The ADHD group reported significantly more cognitive and behavioral executive problems than the control group on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A). There were overall not strong associations between task performance and ratings of everyday executive function. However, for the ADHD group, T.O.V.A. omission errors predicted self-reported difficulties on the Organization of Materials scale, and commission errors predicted informant reported difficulties on the same scale. Although ADHD patients endorsed more symptoms of depression and anxiety on the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) than controls, ASEBA scores were not significantly associated with T.O.V.A. performance scores. Altogether, the results indicate multifaceted alteration of attentional control in adult ADHD, and accompanying subjective difficulties with several aspects of executive function in everyday living. The relationships between the two sets of data were modest, indicating that the measures represent non-redundant features of adult ADHD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55ace6eb93624bed83a0c28ed6ac13c32022-12-21T22:32:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01912e11522710.1371/journal.pone.0115227Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Venke Arntsberg GraneTor EndestadArnfrid Farbu PintoAnne-Kristin SolbakkWe investigated performance-derived measures of executive control, and their relationship with self- and informant reported executive functions in everyday life, in treatment-naive adults with newly diagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; n = 36) and in healthy controls (n = 35). Sustained attentional control and response inhibition were examined with the Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A.). Delayed responses, increased reaction time variability, and higher omission error rate to Go signals in ADHD patients relative to controls indicated fluctuating levels of attention in the patients. Furthermore, an increment in NoGo commission errors when Go stimuli increased relative to NoGo stimuli suggests reduced inhibition of task-irrelevant stimuli in conditions demanding frequent responding. The ADHD group reported significantly more cognitive and behavioral executive problems than the control group on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A). There were overall not strong associations between task performance and ratings of everyday executive function. However, for the ADHD group, T.O.V.A. omission errors predicted self-reported difficulties on the Organization of Materials scale, and commission errors predicted informant reported difficulties on the same scale. Although ADHD patients endorsed more symptoms of depression and anxiety on the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) than controls, ASEBA scores were not significantly associated with T.O.V.A. performance scores. Altogether, the results indicate multifaceted alteration of attentional control in adult ADHD, and accompanying subjective difficulties with several aspects of executive function in everyday living. The relationships between the two sets of data were modest, indicating that the measures represent non-redundant features of adult ADHD.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4278892?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Venke Arntsberg Grane Tor Endestad Arnfrid Farbu Pinto Anne-Kristin Solbakk Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. PLoS ONE |
| title | Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
| title_full | Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
| title_fullStr | Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
| title_short | Attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment-naive adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
| title_sort | attentional control and subjective executive function in treatment naive adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4278892?pdf=render |
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