Adults with ADHD report more real-world creative achievements than healthy controls¶
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q3 i2 Adults with ADHD (both medicated and nonmedicated) reported more publically recognized real-world creative achievements than matched healthy controls, with no difference between the two ADHD groups. → Boot Nathalie 2017
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
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Online Study 1 with 71 adults diagnosed with ADHD (42 medicated, 29 nonmedicated) and 36 matched controls completed the Creative Achievement Questionnaire. The contrast showed "more real-world creative achievements than healthy controls" with d = 0.71; the two ADHD groups did not differ (d = 0.25).
"Planned contrasts showed that participants in the medicated (M = 2.35, SD = 0.94) and nonmedicated (M = 2.58, SD = 0.87) ADHD groups reported more real-world creative achievements than healthy controls (M = 1.86, SD = 0.70; t(104) = 3.47, p = .001, d = 0.71)"
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Related Claims¶
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Adults with ADHD report more real-world creative achievements than healthy controls |
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Adults with ADHD report more real-world creative achievements than healthy controls |
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