Multitasking in adults with ADHD
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Caterina Gawrilow Julia Merkt Heinrich Goossens–Merkt Sebastian Bodenburg Mike Wendt
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Adults with ADHD have problems in everyday multitasking situations presumably because of deficits in executive functions. The present study aims to find out (a) whether adults with ADHD show deficient multitasking performance in a standardized task, (b) how they perceive the multitasking situation, and (c) which task structure might be beneficial for them as compared with adults without ADHD. Therefore, we experimentally compared task performance, mood, and motivation in a group of 45 men with ADHD (M-age = 34.47, SD = 9.95) with a comparison group of 42 men without ADHD (M-age = 31.12, SD = 10.59) in three conditions: (a) a multitasking paradigm, (b) an interleaving condition in which tasks had to be performed without planning or monitoring, and (c) a non-interleaving condition. Our results showed no impaired multitasking performance in adults with ADHD. However, they showed better mood and more motivation in the non-interleaving condition.
ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord DOI 10.1007/s12402-011-0056-0 Received: 10 December 2010 / Accepted: 18 March 2011
