Publicación:

Funciones ejecutivas en niños y adolescentes con problemas de comportamiento

Resumen

Executive functions are high-level cognitive processes that allow associating simple ideas, movements, and actions to carry out more complex tasks; In this way, through the present work, it has been possible to analyze the Executive Functions in children and adolescents with Behavioral Problems. Likewise, the executive functions that are most compromised in children and adolescents with behavioral problems were analyzed, thus specifying that the most important results of the reviewed studies were detailed and the instruments most used in the reviewed studies were specified. Finally, it was possible to specify that the results of the review carried out allowed to detail that the instruments most used for the analysis of executive functions and behavior in children in school stages are: Luria's Neuropsychological Infant Test, the BRIEF test, Stroop tests , Neuropsychological Batteries and the Wisconsin Test. And the least used were the EFECO assessment questionnaire, Antisocial Behavior Scale (ASB), Cognitive Behavioral Assessment and the Self-Concept Assessment Questionnaire (AC).