Publicación:

Desarrollo adaptativo y funcionamiento ejecutivo en niños con diagnóstico de trastorno disocial y trastorno de déficit de atención/hiperactividad tipo hiperactivo-impulsivo

Resumen

Adaptive development and executive functioning in children with diagnosis of conduct disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder hyperactive/impulsive type. Adaptive development allows the subject emotional control, disposition towards new challenges and the expected socio-cognitive adjustment contextually, facilitating learning and executive and social functioning. The objective of the study was to determine executive-adaptive development in children with diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder (CD) or attention deficit hyperactive-impulsive type disorder (ADHD-I). With clinical instruments to identify diagnostic criteria for each nosology, 80 children were classified in control group (30), CD (34) or ADHD-I (16). Based on multinomial logistic regression, Kruskal Wallis, and χ2 tests, we found that an appropriate sleep, persistence in tasks, and academic achievement seem to act as protective factors for the clinical samples. Difficulties were observed in sequential planning, where the CD group presented better metacognitive control than ADHD-I. It was concluded that school environment provides factors to improve clinical symptomatology.