- Title
- Latent profile analysis of working memory performance in a sample of children with ADHD
- Creator
- Gomez, Rapson; Gomez, Rashika; Winther, Jo; Vance, Alasdair
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/157366
- Identifier
- vital:11590
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-014-9878-5
- Identifier
- ISSN:0091-0627
- Abstract
- The current study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to ascertain distinct groups of children with ADHD (N = 701) in terms of performance on working memory (WM) tasks that tapped visuospatial sketchpad, spatial central executive, and verbal central executive functions. It compared the WM performances of these classes with a clinical comparison group (N = 59). The participants' age ranged from 7 to 16 years (586 males, 71 females). The results of the LPA supported three classes. For all three WM tasks, class 1 (N = 196) had more difficulties than classes 2 (N = 394) and 3 (N = 111), and the clinical comparison group. Class 2 had more difficulties than class 3 and the clinical comparison group, and there was no difference between class 3 and the clinical comparison group. Class 1 had lower IQ and academic abilities, and relatively more individuals with depressive disorders. The implications of the findings for understanding ADHD and its treatment are discussed.
- Relation
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Vol. 42, no. 8 (2014), p. 1367-1379
- Rights
- © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1701 Psychology; ADHD symptoms; Mother and father ratings; Measurement equivalency
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