Affect recognition in adults with ADHD.
OBJECTIVE
This study compared affect recognition abilities between adults with and without ADHD.


METHODS
The sample consisted of 51 participants (34 men, 17 women) divided into 3 groups: ADHD-combined type (ADHD-C; n = 17), ADHD-predominantly inattentive type (ADHD-I; n = 16), and controls (n = 18). The mean age was 34 years. Affect recognition abilities were assessed by the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy (DANVA).


RESULTS
ANOVA showed that the ADHD-I group made more fearful emotion errors relative to the control group. Inattentive symptoms were positively correlated, whereas hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were negatively correlated with affect recognition errors.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggested that affect recognition abilities may be impaired in adults with ADHD and that affect recognition abilities are more adversely affected by inattentive than hyperactive-impulsive symptoms.
Miller
Meghan
M
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Hanford
Russell B
RB
Fassbender
Catherine
C
Duke
Marshall
M
Schweitzer
Julie B
JB
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012938:Social Perception