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