caa a22 4500 530075903 CHVBK 20190303135224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 181025s2018 xx s 000 0 eng 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01846 doi (SERVAL)BIB_20E6119A81D6 30333774 pmid 000446135000001 isiid Keeping Emotions in Mind: The Influence of Working Memory Capacity on Parent-Reported Symptoms of Emotional Lability in a Sample of Children With and Without ADHD [Elektronische Daten] [D.A. Jensen, M.F. Høvik, NJN Monsen, T.H. Eggen, H. Eichele, S. Adolfsdottir, K.J. Plessen, L. Sørensen] Emotional lability (EL) often co-occurs with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. However, difficulties of regulating intense emotions in ADHD are still poorly understood. We investigated the potential role of working memory (WM) as a protective factor against EL in children with ADHD by building on models describing the close relationship between WM and regulation of emotions. The parents of 41 children with ADHD and 34 typically developing children (TDC) filled out the emotional control scale (ECS) from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning and the child behavior checklist (CBCL). The children themselves completed the backward conditions of the digit span (DS) and spatial span (SS) tasks as well as the letter-umber sequencing (LNS) task. The results of a stepwise regression analysis confirmed the negative relationship between parent reported EL measured using the ECS and scores on the LNS, when controlling for symptoms of ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). WM thus seems to be important for the ability of the children to express emotions in an adaptive and flexible way. We therefore suggest that a poorer WM capacity, which is often found in children with ADHD, may be a predictor of high levels of EL. Jensen D.A. aut Høvik M.F. aut Monsen NJN aut Eggen T.H. aut Eichele H. aut Adolfsdottir S. aut Plessen K.J. aut Sørensen L. aut Frontiers in psychology 9(2018), 1846 9<1846 2018 9 1 article serval SERVAL 700 1- Jensen D.A. aut SERVAL 700 1- Høvik M.F. aut SERVAL 700 1- Monsen NJN aut SERVAL 700 1- Eggen T.H. aut SERVAL 700 1- Eichele H. aut SERVAL 700 1- Adolfsdottir S. aut SERVAL 700 1- Plessen K.J. aut SERVAL 700 1- Sørensen L. aut SERVAL 773 0- Frontiers in psychology 9(2018), 1846 9<1846 2018 9 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 SERVAL SERVAL SERVAL article