Do executive function deficits differentiate between adolescents with ADHD and oppositional defiant/conduct disorder?
A neuropsychological study using the Six Elements Test and Hayling Sentence Completion Test J Abnorm Child Psychol 2000 Oct;28(5):403-14 Clark C, Prior M, Kinsella GJ School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. [Record supplied by publisher] Two neuropsychological measures of executive functions–Six Elements Tests (SET) and Hayling Sentence Completion Test (HSCT)-were administered to 110 adolescents, aged 12-15 years. Participants comprised four groups: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) only (n = 35). ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder/Conduct Disorder (ODD/CD) (n = 38), ODD/CD only (n = 11), and a normal community control group (n = 26). Results indicated that adolescents with ADHD performed significantly worse on both the SET and HSCT than those without ADHD, whether or not they also had ODD/CD. The adolescents with ADHD and with comorbid ADHD and ODD/CD were significantly more impaired in their ability to generate strategies and to m
