Ten Items to Find Them All: Shortening Scales for the Screening of Executive Function in Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Background: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder. The affectation of executive functions is stressed in the most recent research on ADHD, and many tests are used to assess it in ADHD, but they are usually time- and effort-consuming. Methods:...
| Publicado en: | Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 546 - 557 |
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Maria Lopez-Ibor
2025
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