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Acta Pediatr Mex 2018; 39 (1)

Direct and indirect measures of executive functions in children with autism spectrum disorder

Pérez-Pichardo MF, Ruz-Sahrur A, Barrera-Morales K, Moo-Estrella J

Language: Spanish
References: 28
Page: 13-22
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) present difficulties in executive functions (EF), but discrepancies have been suggested between the direct and indirect measures of these functions.
Objective: To determinate if there are differences in executive functions through direct and indirect measures between children with and without ASD.
Method: Included 14 children between first and third grade, 50 % with ASD diagnosis and 50 % with neurotypical development, selectedby pairing age and grade. The average age of the sample was 7.43 (SD 0.98) years-old. The neuropsychologycal evaluation of executive functions in children (ENFEN) and the behavioral rating of executive functions (BRIEF) were applied.
Results: Significant differences between groups were found (p ‹ 0.05) in the indirect measures of executive functions, but not in the direct ones. Likewise, correlations were higher between direct and indirect measures in ASD group.
Conclusions: ASD children were evaluated with more difficulties in indirect measures of behavioral EF, but they obtain similar scores in direct measures compared to children with neurotypical development under controlled conditions.


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