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Executive functioning in children with ADHD Investigating the cross-method correlations between performance tests and rating scales

Kristoffer Dalsgaard Olsen

Kristoffer Dalsgaard Olsen

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Denis Sukhodolsky

Denis Sukhodolsky

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| Apr 19, 2024

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Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 19, 2024

Page range: 1 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2024-0001

Keywords
ADHD, executive functions, cognition, behavior, cross-methodological, ecological validity, cognitive test, performance test, rating scale, BRIEF, CANTAB, COSS

© 2024 Kristoffer Dalsgaard Olsen et al., published by Sciendo

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Pairwise correlations between CANTAB subscales and BRIEF and COSS subscales for children with predominantly inattentive ADHD subtype.

	BRIEF, n = 47									COSS, n = 47
	GE	EM	SH	IN	MA	IH	ME	MO	PL	TO	TP	OA	MM
CANTAB (n = 52)
TO	−.35*	−.43**	−.33*	−.26^NS	−.03^NS	−.24^NS	−.10^NS	−.36*	.04^NS	−.10^NS	0.03^NS	−0.04^NS	−0.23^NS
OT	.34*	.41**	.22^NS	−.00^NS	.09^NS	.39**	.08^NS	.29^NS	.09^NS	.12^NS	−0.18^NS	−0.04*	0.25^NS
SW	−.25^NS	−.27^NS	.18^NS	−.39**	.08^NS	−.11^NS	−.13^NS	−.30*	.01^NS	−.16^NS	−0.08^NS	−0.13^NS	−0.23^NS
SS	−.12^NS	−.18^NS	−.28^NS	−.13^NS	−.04^NS	.02^NS	.01^NS	−.14^NS	.18^NS	.11^NS	−0.06^NS	0.02^NS	.08^NS

Participant characteristics (N=139).

Sex, n (%)
Girl	31 (22%)
Boy	108 (78%)
Child age, mean (SD) [range]	10.2 (1.7) [6–13]
ADHD subtype, n (%)
Predominately inattentive	52 (37%)
Hyperactive	5 (4%)
Combined	82 (59%)
Comorbidity, n (%)
None	97 (70%)
≥ 1	42 (30%)
IQ, mean (SD) [range]	97.5 (7.8) [81–23]
IQ tertiles, n (%)
Lower (81–93)	46 (33%)
Middle (94–100)	41 (30%)
Higher (101–123)	52 (37%)
BRIEF GE, mean (SD) [range]	72.6 (7.2) [53–88]
COSS TO, mean (SD) [range]	67.6 (6.4) [54–80]

Means and SDs of subscales, and pairwise correlations between subscales.

	BRIEF, n = 129									COSS, n = 124				CANTAB, n = 137
	GE	EM	SH	IN	MA	IH	ME	MO	PL	TO	TP	OA	MM	TO	OT	SW	SS
Mean (SD)	72.6 (7.2)	64.8 (11.9)	71.3 (11.6)	65.6 (8.1)	63.5 (7.3)	67.3 (10.2)	73.7 (6.3)	66.8 (7.5)	70.5 (6.9)	67.6 (6.4)	66.8 (9.2)	63.3 (5.1)	65.5 (9.2)	−.003 (.660)	.000 (1.004)	.000 (1.000)	−.000 (.894)
BRIEF
GE	1
EM	.77***	1
SH	.75***	.68***	1
IN	.61***	.30***	.37***	1
MA	.44***	.17^NS	.12^NS	.22*	1
IH	.73***	.60***	.47***	.24**	.21*	1
ME	.60***	.30***	.32***	.45***	.29**	.29***	1
MO	.66***	.40***	.37***	.35***	.26**	.54***	.23**	1
PL	.66***	.25**	.35***	.56***	.39***	.22*	.54***	.44***	1
COSS
TO	.53***	.33***	.32***	.26**	.37***	.31***	.42***	.30**	.46***	1
TP	.27**	.20*	.23*	.17^NS	−.07^NS	.15^NS	.32***	.11^NS	.24**	.63***	1
OA	.23*	.10^NS	.04^NS	.06^NS	.35***	.03^NS	.18^NS	.26**	.30**	.61***	.21*	1
MM	.53***	.38***	.31***	.25*	.22*	.41***	.34***	.34***	.41***	.75***	.40***	.29**	1
CANTAB
TO	−.09^NS	−.15^NS	−.11^NS	−.07^NS	.09^NS	.11^NS	−.03^NS	−.19*	.14^NS	0.4^NS	.01^NS	.18*	−.06^NS	1
OT	.11^NS	.20*	.06^NS	−.05^NS	−.03^NS	.25**	−.03^NS	.14^NS	−.10^NS	.02^NS	−.08^NS	−.22*	.09^NS	.74***	1
SW	.04^NS	−.00^NS	−.01^NS	−.13^NS	.18*	.05^NS	.09^NS	−.06^NS	.09^NS	.07^NS	−.03^NS	.10^NS	−.05^NS	.69***	−.27**	1
SS	−.12^NS	−.10^NS	−.17^NS	−.05^NS	−.04^NS	−.01^NS	−.06^NS	−.18*	.09^NS	.04^NS	.04^NS	.05^NS	.05^NS	.62***	−.22*	.11^NS	1

Pairwise correlations between composite scores, stratified on sex: r (p-value).

	BRIEF GE n = 129	COSS TO n = 124	CANTAB TO n = 137
Girls (n = 30)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.217 (.268)	1
CANTAB TO	−.007 (.971)	.285 (.133)	1
Boys (n= 105)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.613 (<.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.052 (.618)	−.004 (.969)	1

Pairwise correlations between composite scores, stratified on ADHD subtype: r (p-value).

	BRIEF GE n = 129	COSS TO n = 124	CANTAB TO n = 137
Predominantly inattentive (n = 52)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.653(<.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.355 (.014)	−.105 (.482)	1
Combined (n = 82)
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.435 (<.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.030 (.796)	.086 (.474)	1

Pairwise correlations between composite scores: r (p-value)

	BRIEF GE n = 129	COSS TO n = 124	CANTAB TO n = 137
BRIEF GE	1
COSS TO	.526 (<0.001)	1
CANTAB TO	−.095 (0.289)	.042 (.643)	1

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