Executive function alterations in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes

The study of the subtypes of ADHD is made today from different perspectives. The aim of this study was to describe and compare these subtypes from the point of view of the executive functioning through the administration of the BRIEF scale in its parents form. The sample consisted of 109 participants (mean age = 10.6 years) assigned to four groups: three corresponded to the three subtypes of ADHD and a control group. In this study the Behavior Regulation Index, and especially inhibition, established differences between combined and predominantly hyperactive/impulsive subtypes and controls and, in turn, the group predominantly inattentive, while the Metacognition Index differentiated between predominantly inattentive and combined subtypes and controls. These results support the utility of the BRIEF scale in the study of ADHD and its subtypes