Adults with ADHD rate themselves as more creative in the performance and mechanical/scientific domains¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q3 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 After correction for multiple comparisons, the ADHD group reported higher self-perceived creativity in the performance (ηp2 = .09) and mechanical/scientific (ηp2 = .09) domains. → Boot Nathalie 2017 q3 i? No group differences were observed in the everyday, scholarly, or artistic domains of the K-DOCS. → Boot Nathalie 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Boot Nathalie 2017¶

Boot Nathalie, Nevicka Barbara, Baas Matthijs. (2017). Creativity in ADHD: Goal-Directed Motivation and Domain Specificity. Journal of Attention Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054717727352

q3 · i3 · associational · r2

Study 2 multivariate ANOVA on the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale (50 items, five domains) comparing 46 adults with ADHD and 44 controls. The omnibus test was significant (Wilk's Λ = 0.83, ηp2 = .18), with the ADHD group higher in the performance and mechanical/scientific domains.

"After correction for multiple comparisons (adjusted α = .01), we found significant group differences in the performance, F(1, 88) = 8.72, p = .004, ηp2 = .09; and mechanical/scientific domain, F(1, 88) = 8.50, p = .005, ηp2 = .09."

Boot Nathalie 2017 (2)¶

Boot Nathalie, Nevicka Barbara, Baas Matthijs. (2017). Creativity in ADHD: Goal-Directed Motivation and Domain Specificity. Journal of Attention Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054717727352

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Same Study 2 K-DOCS analysis. The article reports no group differences in the everyday, scholarly, or artistic domains; the reliability of these subscales was suboptimal, which the authors note may have influenced the results.

"No group differences were observed in the everyday, F(1, 88) = 0.54, p = .464, ηp2 = .01; scholarly, F(1, 88) = .59, p = .443, ηp2 = .01; and artistic domains, F(1, 88) = 2.82, p = .097, ηp2 = .03."

Discussion¶

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