Measurement of executive functioning with the National Institute of Health Toolbox and the association to anxiety/depressive symptomatology in childhood/adolescence
Kavanaugh BC, Cancilliere MK, Fryc A, Tirrell E, Oliveira J, Oberman LM, Wexler BE, Carpenter LL, Spirito A. Measurement of executive functioning with the National Institute of Health Toolbox and the association to anxiety/depressive symptomatology in childhood/adolescence. Child Neuropsychology 2019, 26: 754-769. PMID: 31876232, PMCID: PMC10629577, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2019.1708295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety/depressive symptomatologyGlobal deficit scoreDepressive symptomatologyDetection of impairmentHealth ToolboxDepressive symptom varianceNational InstituteChildhood/adolescenceSelf-reported depressionComparable psychometric propertiesSymptom varianceEF symptomsDeficit scoresDepression diagnosisDepressive symptomsClinical diagnosisChild-reported anxietyClinical neuropsychological measuresImpairmentMeasures of EFSymptomatologyDepressionNeuropsychological measuresSymptomsParent reportThe development of adaptive risk taking and the role of executive functions in a large sample of school-age boys and girls
Bell MD, Imal AE, Pittman B, Jin G, Wexler BE. The development of adaptive risk taking and the role of executive functions in a large sample of school-age boys and girls. Trends In Neuroscience And Education 2019, 17: 100120. PMID: 31685124, DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2019.100120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBalloon Analogue Risk TaskSchool-aged boysExecutive functionRisk TaskPartial mediatorAcademic achievementRisk takingBetter mathChild's schoolSchool characteristicsMiddle schoolLarge sampleTotal scoreSchoolsRecklessnessChildrenBoysBetter decisionsEmotionsGradeMeasuresFunctioningTaskProficiencyTaking