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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2017 Oct;45(7):1339–1353. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0237-6

Table 3.

Task correlations among children with ADHD and typically developing controls.

Full Sample (n = 66) Classic discounting AUC Real-time discounting AUC MotivationΔCom CogLoadΔCom GAI
Classic discounting AUC 1 .285* [.05, .49] .070 [-.17, .31] .112 [-.13, .34] .446*** [.23, .62]
Real-time discounting AUC .247* [.01, .46] 1 -.121 [-.35, .12] -.094 [-.33, .15] .150 [-.10, .38]
MotivationΔCom .049 [-.20, .29] -.132 [-.36, .11] 1 -.572*** [-.72, -.38] .060 [-.18, .30]
CogLoadΔCom .083 [-.16, .32] -.109 [-.34, .14] -.580*** [-.72, -.39] 1 .084 [-.16, .32]

ADHD (n = 26) Classic discounting AUC Real-time discounting AUC MotivationΔCom CogLoadΔCom GAI

Classic discounting AUC 1 .318 [-.08, .63] .231 [-.17, .57] -.032 [-.41, .36] .384 [-.01, .67]
Real-time discounting AUC .251 [-.15, .58] 1 .037 [-.36, .42] -.352 [-.65, .04] .244 [-.16, .58]
MotivationΔCom .295 [-.10, .61] .065 [-.33, .44] 1 -.796* [-.90, -.59] -.103 [-.47, .30]
CogLoadΔCom -.215 [-.56, .19] -.502* [-.74, -.14] -.497* [-.74, -.14] 1 .391* [.01, .68]

Control (n = 40) Classic discounting AUC Real-time discounting AUC MotivationΔCom CogLoadΔCom GAI

Classic discounting AUC 1 .248 [-.07, .52] -.001 [-.31, .31] .202 [-.12, .48] .469** [.19, .68]
Real-time discounting AUC .271 [-.04, .54] 1 -.166 [.45, .15] .083 [-.23, .38] .020 [-.29, .33]
MotivationΔCom -.142 [-.43, .18] -.177 [-.46, .14] 1 -.667*** [-.81, -.45] .258 [-.06, .53]
CogLoadΔCom .290 [-.02, .55] .086 [-.23, .39] -.665** [-.84, -.45] 1 -.113 [-.41, .21]

Notes: Values reported in the shaded cells are the zero-order Pearson correlation coefficients [95% confidence intervals] without any covariates whereas partial Pearson correlation coefficients with WISC-IV General Ability Index (GAI) as a covariate [and 95% confidence intervals] are reported in the white cells; ADHD = attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Control = typically developing controls; AUC = Area Under the Curve (more AUC = less discounting); MotivationΔCom = standard go/no-go commission error rate – motivational go/no-go commission error rate (more positive number indicates greater reduction in commission errors with motivational contingencies); CogLoadΔCom = complex go/no-go commission error rate – standard go/no-go commission error rate (more positive number indicates greater increase in commission errors with greater cognitive load).

*

p<.05;

**

p<=.01;

***

p<.001