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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2011 Nov;39(8):1111–1123. doi: 10.1007/s10802-011-9538-y

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations Among Psychopathology, Cognitive Control, Traits, and Parent- and Teacher-Rated Specific and General ADHD Latent Factor Scores

“s” Inattention (Symptoms) “s” Hyperactive-Impulsive (Symptoms) “g” ADHD (Symptoms)
Males (Mean) −.08(4.49**) .14**(3.45**) .22**(9.22**)
Females (Mean) −.08(2.76) −.13(3.18) −.11(5.80)
Age .15**(−.27**) −.28**(−.25**) −.31**(−.27**)
Psychopathology
Anxiety/depression .03(.21**) .28**(.30**) .20**(.27**)
Withdrawal/depression .15*(.10) .11(.08) .01(.09)
Somatic complaints .09(.18**) .19**(.22**) .10(.21**)
Social problems .03(.38**) .43**(.44**) .35**(.42**)
Rule-breaking behavior −.02(.47**) .53**(.52**) .43**(.51**)
Aggressive behavior −.06(.47**) .56**(.57**) .47**(.54**)
Cognitive Control
Response inhibition −.03(.28**) .29**(.27**) .26**(.28**)
Response variability −.03(.33**) .33**(.32**) .29**(.33**)
Trail B Time .03(.14**) .14**(.15**) .11*(.15**)
Trails B Errors .003(.17**) .18**(.18**) .15**(.18**)
Trails A Time .06(.10*) .11*(.12**) .06(.11**)
Traits
Neuroticism .14**(.26**) .24**(.27**) .13**(.27**)
Extraversion −.24**(.23**) .29**(.31**) .36**(.28**)
Agreeableness .14**(−.40**) −.46**(−.44**) −.45**(−.43**)
Conscientiousness −.19**(−.65**) −.64**(−.66**) −.44**(−.67**)
Effortful Control −.08(−.45**) −.44**(−.44**) −.31**(−.46**)
Reactive Control .18**(−.49**) −.54**(−.55**) −.53**(−.53**)
Resiliency −.16**(−.39**) −.37**(−.39**) −.23**(−.40**)
Negative Emotionality .02(.35**) .39**(.40**) .31**(.39**)
Genetic Risk
Genetic Risk Composite −.01(.10*) .09*(.10*) .08(.10*)

Note.

*

p<.05.

**

p<.01.

Correlations with latent factor scores. ( ) Correlations with DSM-IV ADHD symptom counts.