Self-Reported ADHD Symptoms and Interhemispheric Interaction in Adults: A Dimensional Approach

The present study applied the dimensional approach to test whether self-reported symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults are associated with the speed of interhemispheric interaction. A sample of first grade students ( N = 112 ) completed Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scal...

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Published in:Behavioural neurology 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-10
Main Authors: van der Meere, Jaap J., Geuze, Reint H., Börger, Norbert A., Mohamed, Saleh M. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Anxiety
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - physiopathology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - physiopathology
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Cognition & reasoning
Comorbidity
Cooperation
Depression - physiopathology
Depression - therapy
Elementary school students
Female
Humans
Information processing
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Paradigms
Population
Reaction Time
Self Report
Students
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Task Performance and Analysis
Visual Fields - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:The present study applied the dimensional approach to test whether self-reported symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults are associated with the speed of interhemispheric interaction. A sample of first grade students ( N = 112 ) completed Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scales and letter matching reaction time tasks. In the tasks, participants had to match a single target letter displayed below the fixation cross, either on left or right visual field, with one of two letters displayed above the fixation cross, one letter on each visual field. For each task, identical letters were presented either within the same visual field (within hemisphere condition) or across visual fields (across hemisphere condition). Interhemispheric interaction was indexed as the difference in mean reaction time between within and across hemisphere conditions. Comorbid problems such as depression, anxiety, and stress may affect task performance and are controlled for in this study. Findings indicated that self-reported ADHD symptomology, especially hyperactivity, in the presence of stress was weakly but significantly associated with fast interhemispheric interaction.
ISSN:0953-4180
1875-8584
DOI:10.1155/2015/254868