Adults with ADHD select fewer useful problem reconstructions than controls, with equal originality¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 ADHD participants picked fewer useful problem definitions than controls (M = 13.25, SD = 1.66; t(104) = 3.23, p = .002, d = 0.70). → Boot Nathalie 2017 q3 i? There was no significant group difference for the originality of problem construction, F(2, 104) = 1.12, p = .330, ηp2 = .02. → 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 · i2 · associational · r2

Study 1 problem construction task (Mumford et al., 1996) in which participants redefined four ill-defined problems choosing options varying in usefulness and originality. The ADHD groups combined selected "fewer useful problem definitions than controls" (d = 0.70); medicated and nonmedicated groups did not differ.

"In line with our hypothesis, ADHD participants picked fewer useful problem definitions than controls (M = 13.25, SD = 1.66; t(104) = 3.23, p = .002, d = 0.70)."

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? · causal · r2

Same Study 1 problem construction task. The article reports no significant group difference in originality of problem reconstruction; no effect size beyond the printed ηp2 = .02 was given.

"There was no significant group difference for the originality of problem construction, F(2, 104) = 1.12, p = .330, ηp2 = .02;"

Discussion¶

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