Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is linked to worse social adjustment on most SAS-SR domains¶

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q3 i? ADHD adults with extreme DESR had significantly higher mean T scores on individual SAS functional domains except work and parenting, and a higher total scale mean T score. → Surman Craig B. H. 2013

Evidence¶

Surman Craig B. H. 2013¶

Surman Craig B. H., Biederman Joseph, Spencer Thomas, Miller Carolyn A., McDermott Katie M., Faraone Stephen V. (2013). Understanding deficient emotional self-regulation in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a controlled study. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009378/

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Cross-sectional comparison of Social Adjustment Scale-Self-report T scores between ADHD adults with and without extreme DESR (Table 5; total scale 72.0 vs. 56.1, p<0.001). The study reports "significantly higher mean T scores on individual SAS functional domains except for work and parenting."

"Adults with ADHD with extreme DESR also reported significantly worse social adjustment as reflected in significantly higher mean T scores on individual SAS functional domains except for work and parenting, and higher total scale mean T score (see Table 5)."

Discussion¶

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• Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is linked to lower quality of life on nearly all QLES-Q-SF domains — related
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• Adults with ADHD report deficient emotional self-regulation symptoms far more frequently than adults without ADHD — related
• A majority of adults with ADHD show extreme DESR exceeding the 95th percentile of control subjects — related