Callous-Unemotional Traits and Executive Functions are Unique Correlates of Disruptive Behavior in Children.

This study examined the influence of executive functions on the association between callous-unemotional traits and severity and type of childhood disruptive behavior. Eighty one children aged 8-12 years and their parents participated in the study. We assessed children's callous-unemotional traits, executive functions, and two indices of disruptive behavior.

Using Metacognitive Methods to Examine Emotion Recognition in Children With ADHD.

This study investigated confidence accuracy associations for emotion recognition (ER) in children with ADHD and typically developing children (TD). : Thirty-nine children with ADHD and 42 TD ( = 9 years, 11 months, = 14.92 months, 26 females) completed an ER task.

Four converging measures of temporal discounting and their relationships with intelligence, executive functions, thinking dispositions, and behavioral outcomes.

Temporal discounting is the tendency to devalue temporally distant rewards. Past studies have examined the k-value, the indifference point, and the area under the curve as dependent measures on this task. The current study included these three measures and a fourth measure, called the interest rate total score, which differentiated good from poor choices.