The Role of Executive Function in Independent Living Skills in Female Adolescents and Young Adults With Fragile X Syndrome.
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is associated with executive function (EF) and independent living skills (ILS) deficits. We examined the role of childhood EF in ILS during adolescence/early adulthood in females with FXS and two comparison groups in the same age range (matched for IQ [IQ/Age group] and with another genetic condition, Turner syndrome [TS group]). EF and ILS were significantly higher for the FXS group than the IQ/Age group but did not differ from the TS group. For the FXS group, age and EF were significant predictors of ILS during adolescence/early adulthood, but there were no statistically significant longitudinal associations between EF and ILS. Our findings suggest that impairments in EF may have a significant effect on ILS in FXS.
Arianna Martin, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; Eve-Marie Quintin, Educational and Counseling Psychology Department, McGill University; Scott S. Hall, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; and Allan L. Reiss, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University.
Arianna
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Martin
Arianna Martin, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; Eve-Marie Quintin, Educational and Counseling Psychology Department, McGill University; Scott S. Hall, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; and Allan L. Reiss, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University.
Eve-Marie
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Quintin
Arianna Martin, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; Eve-Marie Quintin, Educational and Counseling Psychology Department, McGill University; Scott S. Hall, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; and Allan L. Reiss, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University.
Scott S
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Hall
Arianna Martin, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; Eve-Marie Quintin, Educational and Counseling Psychology Department, McGill University; Scott S. Hall, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University; and Allan L. Reiss, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Stanford University.
Allan L
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Reiss
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult
Turner syndrome; adolescents; executive function; fragile X syndrome; independent living skills; young adult