Title of article :
Daily Performance of Adolescents with Executive Function Deficits: An Empirical Study Using a Complex-Cooking Task
Author/Authors :
Josman, Naomi The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP) - Department of Occupational Therapy - Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences - University of Haifa - Mount Carmel , Israel , Fogel , Yael The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP) - Department of Occupational Therapy - Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences - University of Haifa - Mount Carmel , Israel , Rosenblum , Sara The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP) - Department of Occupational Therapy - Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences - University of Haifa - Mount Carmel , Israel , Hirsh, Renana The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP) - Department of Occupational Therapy - Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences - University of Haifa - Mount Carmel , Israel , Chevignard, Mathilde Sorbonne Université - Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale - LIB - Paris, France
Abstract :
To characterize and analyze the performance of adolescents with executive function deficits through the Children’s
Cooking Task (CCT) as a performance-based complex ecological assessment. Methods. Participants were 41 adolescents (aged
10–14 years) with normal intellectual function and executive function deficit profiles based on the Behavior Rating Inventory of
Executive Function (BRIEF) parent reports and self-reports (BRIEF-SR) and the WebNeuro and 40 controls with typical
development matched by age and gender. Participants in both groups performed the CCT, an ecological standardized complex
task. Results. Significant group differences were found for all CCT outcome measures (total number of errors, task duration, and
all qualitative rating variables). Significant correlations were found among children with executive function deficit profiles
between the CCT performance duration and total number of errors and the BRIEF-SR subscale score. Two separate discriminant
function analyses described primarily by the CCT correctly classified the study groups. Conclusion. The poor performance of
adolescents with executive function deficit profiles exhibited through the standardized complex task, as well as the relationships
with their executive functions, supplies better insight about their daily confrontations. Identifying how they perform may lead to
development of focused interventions to improve these adolescents’daily performance, participation, and wellbeing.
Keywords :
Daily Performance , Adolescents , Executive Function Deficits , Empirical Study , Complex-Cooking Task , CCT , BRIEF-SR
Journal title :
Occupational Therapy International
