Medication use does not affect creativity measures in adults with ADHD¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In Study 1, no performance differences were found between medicated and unmedicated ADHD participants for any of the creativity measures. → Boot Nathalie 2017 q3 i? In Study 2, creative performance did not differ between medicated (N = 22) and unmedicated (N = 24) ADHD participants (all Fs < 0.157, all ps > .694). → 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 · i? · associational · r1

Study 1 compared 42 medicated and 29 nonmedicated adults with ADHD on creative achievements, AUT performance, problem construction, and motivation. The article reports no performance differences between medicated and unmedicated participants for any creativity measure; no effect sizes were printed for these nulls.

"Finally, we did not find performance differences between medicated and unmedicated ADHD participants for any of the creativity measures."

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

Study 2 footnote analysis of 22 medicated and 24 unmedicated ADHD participants on AUT performance under competition and no competition. The article reports no differences (all Fs < 0.157, all ps > .694); no effect sizes were printed.

"Creative performance did not differ between medicated and unmedicated participants (all Fs < 0.157, all ps > .694)."

Discussion¶

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