Cognitive Abilities as Predictors of Child Behavior

Our lab has focused on identifying cognitive abilities that predict prognoses among young children with behavior problems. For example, we have shown that neuropsychological abilities distinguish young children with behavior problems who later go on to have ADHD from children who outgrow their early problems. We have also examined how children's cognitive and academic abilities predict different types of behavior problems both cross-sectionally and across time.

Breaux, R.P,, Griffith, S.F., & Harvey E.A. (in press). Preschool neuropsychological measures as predictors of later attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Metcalfe, L., Harvey, E., Laws, H. (2013). The longitudinal relation between academic/cognitive skills and externalizing behavior problems in preschool children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 881-894.

Friedman-Weieneth, J. L., Harvey, E. A., Youngwirth, S. D., & Goldstein, L.G. (2007). The relation between 3-year-old children’s skills and their hyperactivity, inattention, and aggression. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 671-681.

Youngwirth, S., Harvey, E. A., Gates, E., Hashim, R., & Friedman-Weieneth, J. L. (2007). Neuropsychological abilities of preschool-aged children who display hyperactivity and/or oppositional-defiant behavior problems. Child Neuropsychology, 13, 422-443.