Affect recognition deficits were not found unanimously across ADHD groups, suggesting a nuanced subtype-specific pattern¶

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q3 i? The authors conclude that affect recognition deficits were not found unanimously in the ADHD groups, indicating deficits are not uniform across ADHD subtypes or symptom dimensions. → Miller 2011

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Miller 2011¶

Miller, M., Hanford, R. B., Fassbender, C., Duke, M., & Schweitzer, J. B. (2011). Affect Recognition in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Attention Disorders. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950374/

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Authors' overall interpretation in the Discussion of the combined ANOVA and regression findings from the three-group comparison of 51 adults on the DANVA. "Thus, affect recognition deficits were certainly not found unanimously in the ADHD groups, suggesting a more nuanced view of affect recognition deficits in adults with ADHD." This reflects the pattern of significant fearful-affect differences only for the ADHD-I group and dimensional symptom associations only for sad affect errors.

"Thus, affect recognition deficits were certainly not found unanimously in the ADHD groups, suggesting a more nuanced view of affect recognition deficits in adults with ADHD."

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