caa a22 4500 386339708 CHVBK 20180307111745.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0954579400000298 doi S0954579400000298 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0954579400000298 Neuropsychological assessment of executive functions in self-reported delinquents [Elektronische Daten] Deficits in "executive” neuropsychological functions have been proposed to underlie the development of antisocial behavior such as juvenile delinquency. Results of research into the executive functions of delinquents have been mixed, and studies have been hampered by reliance on small samples of adjudicated subjects and questionable validity of the tests administered. This research examined the performance of a large unselected birth cohort of adolescent boys and girls on five tests of executive function that have documented reliability and validity. It is the first such study to use self-reports of antisocial behavior. Executive deficits were shown only by a subgroup of delinquent subjects with childhood comorbidity of antisocial behavior and attention deficit disorder; that subgroup's behavior was also rated as more aggressive and impulsive than comparison groups'. Group differences on executive measures remained significant after the effects of overall IQ were statistically controlled. Also, delinquents who had been detected by police did not show poorer executive functions than subjects with equivalent self-reports of delinquent behavior who had evaded official detection, suggesting that executive deficits are related to the development of antisocial behavior itself, and not simply to risk of detection. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Moffitt Terrie E. University of Wisconsin, Madison Henry Bill University of Wisconsin, Madison Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/2(1989-04), 105-118 0954-5794 1:2<105 1989 1 DPP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000298 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000298 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moffitt Terrie E. University of Wisconsin, Madison NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Henry Bill University of Wisconsin, Madison NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/2(1989-04), 105-118 0954-5794 1:2<105 1989 1 DPP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge