No EF deficits were associated with ODD/CD.
Only teacher rated AD/HD, but not parent rated AD/HD, significantly contributed to the prediction of EF task performance. Independent of ODD/CD, AD/HD was associated with deficits in planning and working memory, but not in verbal fluency. Three putative domains of EF were investigated using well-validated tests: verbal fluency, working memory, and planning. Subjects were 99~children ages 6–12 years. This study investigated (1) whether attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is associated with executive functioning (EF) deficits while controlling for oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder (ODD/CD), (2) whether ODD/CD is associated with EF deficits while controlling for AD/HD, and (3)~whether a combination of AD/HD and ODD/CD is associated with EF deficits (and the possibility that there is no association between EF deficits and AD/HD or ODD/CD in isolation). ►The adapted AWMA can be considered a valid and reliable battery of working memory. ►Convergent and discriminant validity of the WMA were established. ►Correlations among all the tests showed they were tapping the same construct. We conclude that the adapted AWMA can be considered a valid and reliable battery of working memory in Argentinean Spanish-speaking children.►A high internal consistency (Cronbach's α) was observed for all AWMA tests. Regarding validity, all subtests had medium to high and significant correlations among them, and with two external measures of working memory (Picture Span and Word Order) and an executive function task (Tower of London) correlations with Block Design were low and non-significant. All subtests presented an increase in difficulty as the number of to-be-remembered items raised, and showed high Cronbach's α values. A validation study was conducted including 6-, 8- and 11-year-old children (n = 210). Verbal subtests were adapted and pilot tested on a small sample (n = 26). The aim of this paper is to present the adaptation and validation of the AWMA battery to Argentinean Spanish-speaking children aged 6 to 11 years. The Automated Working Memory Assessment battery was designed to assess verbal and visuospatial passive and active working memory processing in children and adolescents.
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