title: Affect recognition in adults with ADHD.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Russell B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hanford
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fassbender
authors.forename: Marshall
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duke
authors.forename: Julie B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
mesh_terms: 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