ERIC Number: EJ1148031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
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Brief Report: Contrasting Profiles of Everyday Executive Functioning in Smith-Magenis Syndrome and Down Syndrome
Wilde, Lucy; Oliver, Chris
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v47 n8 p2602-2609 Aug 2017
Everyday executive function (EF) was examined in Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), associated with high risk of behaviour disorder, and Down syndrome (DS), associated with relatively low risk of behaviour disorder. Caregivers of 13 children with SMS and 17 with DS rated everyday EF using the Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning-Preschool. Greater everyday EF deficits relative to adaptive ability were evident in SMS than in DS. The SMS profile of everyday EF abilities was relatively uniform; in DS emotional control strengths and working memory weaknesses were evident. Findings implicate broad everyday EF difficulties in SMS compared to DS, corresponding with increased rates of behaviour disorder in SMS. Findings further suggest that everyday EF profiles may, in part, be syndrome related.
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Executive Function, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Preschool Children, Short Term Memory, Correlation
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