Journal article
Language Delay in 3-Year-Old Children With ADHD Symptoms
N Rohrer-Baumgartner, P Zeiner, P Eadie, J Egeland, K Gustavson, T Reichborn-Kjennerud, H Aase
Journal of Attention Disorders | Published : 2016
Abstract
Objective: Little is known about cognition in preschoolers with ADHD and language delay (LD). The objective was to investigate cognitive functions in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms and LD compared with children with ADHD symptoms only and to estimate the frequency of children with ADHD symptoms, co-occurring language delay, and delays on cognitive measures. Method: Participants were recruited from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The teacher report of expressive language and the cognitive tests from 119 3-year-old children with parent reported ADHD symptoms and LD were compared with those of 258 children with ADHD symptoms only. Results: The ADHD + LD group performed significant..
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Awarded by Norwegian Research Council
Awarded by Ministry of Education and Research, NIH/NIEHS
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Awarded by Norwegian Research Council/FUGE
Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) declared receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The present study was supported by a grant from the Norwegian Research Council, Grant no. 185727/V50. The Norwegian Longitudinal ADHD Study, from which the present data were drawn, was supported by funds and grants from the Norwegian Ministry of Health, The Norwegian Health Directorate, The South Eastern Health Region, G & PJ Sorensen Fund for Scientific Research, and from The Norwegian Resource Centre for ADHD, Tourettes Syndrome and Narcolepsy. The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Research, NIH/NIEHS (contract no NO-ES-75558), NIH/NINDS (Grant No. 1 UO1 NS 047537-01), and the Norwegian Research Council/FUGE (Grant No. 151918/S10).