Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability
The main objective of this study is to investigate the multiple relations and to determine the differences between executive functions (EFs), emotion regulation, and behavioral and emotional problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), borderline intellectual disability...
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| description | The main objective of this study is to investigate the multiple relations and to determine the differences between executive functions (EFs), emotion regulation, and behavioral and emotional problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), borderline intellectual disability (ID), and typical development (TD). The sample included 85 children aged 6 to 11 years, 42 with typical development (TD), 27 with ADHD, and 16 with borderline ID. The results emphasized a positive correlation between adaptive emotion regulation strategies and EFs, and no significant relations between the maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and EFs. In addition, the executive function of planning correlated negatively with anxiety, ADHD symptoms, and conduct problems. The performance of both clinical groups regarding EFs was significantly lower than that of the TD group, and they differed significantly from each other only on visual attention. The presence of oppositional-defiant and conduct problems was higher in both clinical groups than in the TD group, and more anxiety symptoms were reported in children with ADHD. This study supports the idea that emotion regulation, Efs, and clinical symptoms are interconnected. It also profiles the deficits in cognitive functioning and emotion regulation in two clinical groups, thus helping future intervention programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fbafb209d8747a8adbdc85baf449a142023-11-19T20:25:02ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832020-04-019498610.3390/jcm9040986Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual DisabilityElena Predescu0Roxana Sipos1Cristina A. Costescu2Anamaria Ciocan3Diana I. Rus4Department of Neuroscience, Discipline of Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychiatry, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca Manastur Street no. 54 C, 400660 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Neuroscience, Discipline of Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychiatry, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca Manastur Street no. 54 C, 400660 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaSpecial Education Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Sindicatelor Street no 7, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Republicii Street no 37, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Republicii Street no 37, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaThe main objective of this study is to investigate the multiple relations and to determine the differences between executive functions (EFs), emotion regulation, and behavioral and emotional problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), borderline intellectual disability (ID), and typical development (TD). The sample included 85 children aged 6 to 11 years, 42 with typical development (TD), 27 with ADHD, and 16 with borderline ID. The results emphasized a positive correlation between adaptive emotion regulation strategies and EFs, and no significant relations between the maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and EFs. In addition, the executive function of planning correlated negatively with anxiety, ADHD symptoms, and conduct problems. The performance of both clinical groups regarding EFs was significantly lower than that of the TD group, and they differed significantly from each other only on visual attention. The presence of oppositional-defiant and conduct problems was higher in both clinical groups than in the TD group, and more anxiety symptoms were reported in children with ADHD. This study supports the idea that emotion regulation, Efs, and clinical symptoms are interconnected. It also profiles the deficits in cognitive functioning and emotion regulation in two clinical groups, thus helping future intervention programs.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/4/986emotion regulationexecutive functionbehavioral/emotional problemsADHDborderline intellectual disability |
| spellingShingle | Elena Predescu Roxana Sipos Cristina A. Costescu Anamaria Ciocan Diana I. Rus Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability Journal of Clinical Medicine emotion regulation executive function behavioral/emotional problems ADHD borderline intellectual disability |
| title | Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability |
| title_full | Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability |
| title_fullStr | Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability |
| title_short | Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Disability |
| title_sort | executive functions and emotion regulation in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and borderline intellectual disability |
| topic | emotion regulation executive function behavioral/emotional problems ADHD borderline intellectual disability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/4/986 |
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