01765nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001600118653002200134653001300156653002900169653002400198653001300222100001200235700001900247245018200266300001100448490000700459520104100466022001401507020001401521       2015                            d  c07/2015bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aAdolescents10aanxiety disorders10aChildren10aclinical neuropsychology10aexecutive functions10atraining1 aC. Pena1 aE.F. Maldonado00aExecutive functions profile in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders and their training as a therapeutic way for their intervention and prevention: A systematic review  a95-1130 v213 aThe term executive functions refers to the cognitive processes that allow humans to establish goals, lead their behavior toward such goals and check their achievements. These functions emerge gradually, due to the slow and late maturing of the prefrontal cortex. Suffering anxiety disorders can interfere with the acquisition of these functions. This study carries out a detailed systematic review of observed alterations of the above functions in children and adolescents diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The present study also reviews intervention programmes that focus on these cognitive processes in this clinical population. Results show a common altered executive profile in these patients, characterized by alterations in selective attention. In this sense, most intervention programmes aim to change cognitive and attention biases. Our work has noticed a lack of programmes aimed at rehabilitating other altered processes such as: working memory, planning skills, abstract reasoning, flexibility or decision-making processes.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437