Cognitive control and self-regulation in children with ADHD

Abstract

Children with ADHD are inattentive, impulsive, and hyperactive. These symptoms result in disorders of learning as well as in frequent conflicts with parents, teachers, and peers. ADHD symptoms are explained by self-regulation deficits. Hence, difficulties shown by children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD are assumed to be related to self-regulation deficits as well as to executive function deficits and mainly deficits in cognitive control. Therefore, interventions that aim to facilitate self-regulation in children with ADHD (i. e., if-then-plans) are particularly promising.