Keeping Emotions in Mind: The Influence of Working Memory Capacity on Parent-Reported Symptoms of Emotional Lability in a Sample of Children With and Without ADHD

Keeping Emotions in Mind: The Influence of Working Memory Capacity on Parent-Reported Symptoms of Emotional Lability in a Sample of Children With and Without ADHD

Emotional lability (EL) often co-occurs with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. However, difficulties of regulating intense emotions in ADHD are still poorly understood. We investigated the potential role of working memory (WM) as a protective factor against EL in children...

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Main Authors: Daniel André Jensen, Marie Farstad Høvik, Nadja Josefine Nyhammer Monsen, Thale Hegdahl Eggen, Heike Eichele, Steinunn Adolfsdottir, Kerstin Jessica Plessen, Lin Sørensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
working memory
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
emotional lability
emotion regulation
letter–number sequencing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01846/full

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