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Attention behavior and hyperactivity and concurrent neurocognitive and social competence functioning in 4-year-olds from two population-based birth cohorts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J. Julvez ,
M. Forns ,
N. Ribas-Fitó ,
M. Torrent  and
J. Sunyer
J. Julvez*
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), C. Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003Barcelona, Spain Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM)-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States
M. Forns
Affiliation:
Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
N. Ribas-Fitó
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), C. Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003Barcelona, Spain Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM)-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
M. Torrent
Affiliation:
Menorca Health Area, Ib-Salut, Menorca, Spain
J. Sunyer
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), C. Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003Barcelona, Spain Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM)-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 316 06 42; fax: +34 93 316 05 75. E-mail address: jjulvez@creal.cat (J. Julvez).
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Abstract

Objective

We studied the associations between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms and the neurobehavioral status in two population-based birth cohorts.

Methods

Children (n = 467) were assessed by psychologists and teachers for neuropsychological functioning (McCarthy Scales, MCSA), inattention-hyperactivity symptoms (ADHD-DSM-IV form list) and social behavior (California Preschool Social Competence Scale, CPSCS). Regression models were used with covariate adjustment.

Results

Sixteen percent of children had ADHD-DSM-IV symptoms. MCSA scores were linearly associated with ADHD symptom scores (general cognitive Beta = −0.6 [−1.0; −0.3] per symptom), specifically inattention scores (general cognitive Beta = −1.8 [−2.3; −1.2]). CPSCS scores were associated with ADHD symptoms (Beta = −2.19 [−2.5; −1.9]). MCSA scores of executive function, perceptive-performance and quantitative sub-areas had stronger associations with ADHD symptoms.

Conclusions

Preschooler ADHD symptoms are associated with concurrent decrements in neurocognitive and social competence functioning. The association patterns are similar to those found in older children with ADHD symptomology (Marks et al., 2005 [36], Seidman, 2006 [46], Sonuga-Barke et al., 2003 [48], Yochman et al., 2006 [53]).

Keywords

ADHD symptomsCognitive developmentSocial competencePreschoolersPopulation-based birth cohort

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European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , September 2011 , pp. 381 - 389
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2011

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