Does IQ influence Associations between ADHD Symptoms and other Cognitive Functions in young Preschoolers?

Table 3 Interactions between ADHD symptoms and IQ on cognitive measures and reported expressive language skills

Measure	Variable	B	*SE B*	β	t	p	R ²
VWM	ADHD symptoms *IQ	0.00	0.00	-.02	-0.84	.400	.11
NVWM	ADHD symptoms *IQ	0.00	0.00	.00	0.10	.920	.07
Response inhibition	ADHD symptoms *IQ	0.00	0.01	.00	0.12	.903	.07
Reported expressive language	ADHD symptoms *IQ	0.01	0.01	.06	2.14	.032	.11

Note. ADHD symptoms = number of symptoms. IQ = abbreviated IQ-score estimated from the verbal ability and nonverbal ability subtasks from the Stanford-Binet-5 (SB-5). VWM = verbal working memory (SB-5). NVWM = nonverbal working memory (SB-5). Reported expressive language = preschool teacher-reportedexpressive language (CDI). The analyses also included ADHD symptoms, IQ, and gender.

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