Unmedicated children with ADHD score higher than controls on TTCT Creative Strengths¶
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q3 i3 ADHD children scored higher on the Creative Strengths measures, including movement or action, emotional expressiveness, storytelling articulateness, unusual visualization, humor and fantasy, with a large partial η² effect size. → Gonzalez-Carpio 2017
Evidence¶
Gonzalez-Carpio 2017¶
Gonzalez-Carpio, G., Serrano, J. P., & Nieto, M. (2017). Creativity in Children with Attention Déficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Psychology, 8, 319-334. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2017.83019
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One-factor ANOVA on the sum of the thirteen TTCT Creative Strengths in the 34-versus-34 comparison; the ADHD group's mean was "14.06 ± 4.58" versus 8.82 ± 4.34 for controls, F = 23.424, p = 0.000, partial η² = 0.282 (large).
"Cret. Strengths 14.06 ± 4.58 8.82 ± 4.34 23.424 0.000* 0.282"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Attention — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- 21% of the ADHD sample scored at or above the 70th percentile on the overall creativity index — related
- Unmedicated children with ADHD score higher than controls on TTCT-Figurative Originality — related
- Unmedicated children with ADHD obtain a higher overall TTCT Creativity Index than controls — related
- Unmedicated children with ADHD aged 8-13 score higher than matched controls on TTCT-Figurative Fluency — related
- ADHD children do not differ from controls on Elaboration, Abstractness of Titles or Resistance to Premature Closure — related
- Medication use does not affect creativity measures in adults with ADHD — related
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Unmedicated children with ADHD score higher than controls on TTCT Creative Strengths |
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Unmedicated children with ADHD score higher than controls on TTCT Creative Strengths |
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