Greater Attention Problems During Childhood Predict Poorer Executive Functioning in Late Adolescence
Greater Attention Problems During Childhood Predict Poorer Executive Functioning in Late Adolescence
N. Friedman,Brett C. Haberstick,4 Authors,J. Hewitt
2007 · DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01997.x
Psychology Science · 225 Citations
TLDR
Results support the hypothesis that attention problems primarily reflect difficulties with response inhibition, and it was the initial levels of problems, rather than their changes across time, that predicted later EFs.