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Table 2 Cognitive Tasks by Group

From: Cognition in anxious children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a comparison with clinical and normal children

TASK

ANX

ANX + ADHD

ADHD

NORMAL

Signif. ANOVA

Effect Size (Partial Eta Squared)

WISC-III: IQ

107.1 (12.4)

103.53 (10.95)

103.37 (12.63)

110.41(8.42)

-

-

Perception of Emotion: DANVA

      

Happy (raw)

3.79 (1.54)

4.21 (1.43)

3.37 (1.38)

4.09 (1.36)

-

-

Sad (raw)

4.17 (1.12)

3.85 (1.16)

3.84 (1.34)

3.83 (1.15)

-

-

Angry (raw)

4.58 (1.01)

4.03 (1.27)

4.79 (0.98)

4.26 (0.89)

*

.063

Fearful (raw)

4.08 (2.34)

3.71 (1.71)

3.95 (1.68)

3.83 (1.64)

-

-

Working Memory: Nonverbal: Finger – Windows

      

Forward (scaled)

8.91 (3.46)

7.91 (2.94)

9.19 (2.82)

9.39 (2.91)

-

-

Backward (raw)

10.13 (4.78)

9.32 (4.23)

7.74 (5.20)

11.33 (3.79)

*

.059

Working Memory Verbal: Digit Span

      

Forward (scaled)

10.81 (2.81)

10.90 (3.30)

9.00 (3.04)

10.63 (3.23)

-

-

Backward (scaled)

10.67 (2.74)

8.84 (3.50)

7.94 (3.17)

10.40 (3.25)

**

.099

Chipasat Task

      

Speed: 2.8 (raw)

31.49 (12.21)

25.60 (8.43)

23.41 (11.02)

34.88 (9.76)

***

.101

Speed: 2.0 (raw)

25.51 (10.65)

22.00 (7.62)

18.82 (7.68)

29.36 (7.55)

***

.084

Academics WRAT:

      

Reading

110.4 (14.6)

105.41 (17.59)

99.71 (19.20)

118.63 (11.04)

***

.144

Spelling

106.7 (51.1)

96.94 (15.51)

93.52 (17.17)

113.09 (11.85)

***

.193

Arithmetic

99.3 (15.5)

92.27 (15.99)

93.05 (16.48)

109.89 (10.59)

***

.176

Word attack

108.4 (13.8)

100.12 (16.03)

94.05 (20.93)

109.12 (8.13)

***

.131

  1. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001; t-scores unless otherwise indicated;
  2. WRAT, Chipasat, and Digit Span Backward significant after Bonferroni correction;
  3. WISC-III = Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III; WRAT = Wide Range Achievement Test; DANVA = Diagnostic Assessment of Nonverbal Accuracy