Attention mechanisms in children with anxiety disorders and in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: implications for research and practice.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
; 41(2): 117-26, 2012.
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| ID: mdl-22417186
ABSTRACT
Inattention is among the most commonly referred problems for school-aged youth. Research suggests distinct mechanisms may contribute to attention problems in youth with anxiety disorders versus youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study compared children (8-17 years) with anxiety disorders (n = 24) and children (8-16 years) with ADHD (n = 23) on neurocognitive tests of both general and emotion-based attention processes. As hypothesized, children with ADHD demonstrated poorer selective and sustained attention, whereas youth with anxiety disorders demonstrated greater attentional bias toward threatening faces on a visual probe task. Findings suggest the neuropsychological differentiation of attention problems in anxious and ADHD children, despite potentially similar phenotypes.
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos de Ansiedade
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Atenção
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Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade
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Emoções
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article