Yung Trevor W K, Lai Cynthia Y Y, Chan Jacob Y C, Ng Shamay S M, Chan Chetwyn C H
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 May 4;12:585589. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.585589. eCollection 2021.
Previous studies have found that sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms are often associated with social problems and withdrawn behavior. However, the possible neuropsychological mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. Some studies have also found that SCT symptoms are related to deficits in sustained attention and selective attention. However, no study has examined whether attention deficits are related to social problems and withdrawn behavior in children with SCT. This study was the first to examine the neuropsychological correlates of social problems and withdrawn behavior among children with SCT symptoms. The results showed that sustained attention measure (omission) predicted the severity of social problems and withdrawn behavior in children with SCT even after controlling for symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Selective attention measure (response latency mean) was also found to predict the severity of social problems. These results suggest that the social problems commonly exhibited by children with SCT are related to deficits in sustained attention and attentional control. Thus, our results provide an initial support to the link between attention deficits and social problems among children with SCT.
以往的研究发现，认知速度迟缓（SCT）症状通常与社交问题和退缩行为有关。然而，这种关系背后可能的神经心理学机制仍不清楚。一些研究还发现，SCT症状与持续注意力和选择性注意力的缺陷有关。然而，尚无研究探讨注意力缺陷是否与患有SCT的儿童的社交问题和退缩行为有关。本研究首次探讨了有SCT症状儿童的社交问题和退缩行为的神经心理学相关性。结果表明，即使在控制了注意力缺陷多动障碍的症状之后，持续注意力测量（遗漏）仍能预测患有SCT的儿童的社交问题和退缩行为的严重程度。选择性注意力测量（平均反应潜伏期）也被发现可以预测社交问题的严重程度。这些结果表明，患有SCT的儿童普遍表现出的社交问题与持续注意力和注意力控制的缺陷有关。因此，我们的结果为患有SCT的儿童注意力缺陷与社交问题之间的联系提供了初步支持。
