Attention profiles in autism spectrum disorder and subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Autor: | Catharina Schmidt, Diana Schulze, Sara Boxhoorn, Christine M. Freitag, Eva Lopez, Susann Hänig |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder Neurocognitive Disorders behavioral disciplines and activities Executive Function 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Attention Problems Germany mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology Child and adolescent psychiatry medicine Humans Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Attention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child 05 social sciences Neuropsychology General Medicine medicine.disease Executive functions Psychiatry and Mental health Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Autism spectrum disorder Divided attention Impulsive Behavior Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Cognition Disorders Psychology Neurocognitive 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
ISSN: | 1435-165X 1018-8827 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00787-018-1138-8 |
Popis: | Attention problems are observed in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Most neuropsychological studies that compared both disorders focused on complex executive functions (EF), but missed to contrast basic attention functions, as well as ASD- and ADHD subtypes. The present study compared EF as well as basic attention functioning of children with the combined subtype (ADHD-C), the predominantly inattentive subtype (ADHD-I), and autism spectrum disorder without ADHD (ASD-) with typically developing controls (TD). Basic attention functions and EF profiles were analysed by testing the comprehensive attention function model of van Zomeren and Brouwer using profile analysis. Additionally, neurocognitive impairments in ASD- and ADHD were regressed on dimensional measures of attention- and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms across and within groups. ADHD-C revealed a strong impairment across measures of EF compared to ASD- and TD. The ADHD-C profile furthermore showed disorder specific impairments in interference control, whereas the ASD- profile showed a disorder specific impairment in basic attention component divided attention. Attention- and hyperactive-impulsive symptom severity did not predict neurocognitive impairments across- or within groups. Study findings thus support disorder and subtype specific attention/EF profiles, which refute the idea of a continuum of ADHD-I, ADHD-C, and ASD with increasing neurocognitive impairments. |
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