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Theory of mind in adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that may be associated with impaired Theory of Mind (ToM) and social cognition. ToM is a domain in social cognition, referring to one’s ability to attribute beliefs, intents, perspectives, and understa...

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Autores principales: RAZJOUAN, Katayoon, HOSSEINZADEH, Mariam, ZAHED, Ghazal, KHADEMI, Mojgan, DAVARI, Rozita, ARABGOL, Fariba
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721828
http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/ijcn.v17i1.39094
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author RAZJOUAN, Katayoon
HOSSEINZADEH, Mariam
ZAHED, Ghazal
KHADEMI, Mojgan
DAVARI, Rozita
ARABGOL, Fariba
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HOSSEINZADEH, Mariam
ZAHED, Ghazal
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description OBJECTIVE: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that may be associated with impaired Theory of Mind (ToM) and social cognition. ToM is a domain in social cognition, referring to one’s ability to attribute beliefs, intents, perspectives, and understandings to oneself or others and to understand others’ mental states. MATERIALS & METHODS: The present study enrolled 52 ADHD of adolescents and 41 healthy age-matched controls in this study. This study applied The Reading the Mind in The Eyes Task (RMET) and Theory of Mind Assessment Scale (Th.o.m.a.s.) for all participants. The results of these tasks were compared between the two study groups. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between these two study groups regarding ToM abilities using mean scores in the Th.o.m.a.s. inventory and the RMET. Furthermore, no association was found between the mean score in the ToM (in both study groups) and this study’s parameters of gender, mean age, birth rank, family structure, and income. CONCLUSION: This study did not support the hypothesis that adolescents with ADHD perform worse on ToM tasks.
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spelling pubmed-98818352023-04-01 Theory of mind in adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A cross-sectional study RAZJOUAN, Katayoon HOSSEINZADEH, Mariam ZAHED, Ghazal KHADEMI, Mojgan DAVARI, Rozita ARABGOL, Fariba Iran J Child Neurol Original Article OBJECTIVE: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that may be associated with impaired Theory of Mind (ToM) and social cognition. ToM is a domain in social cognition, referring to one’s ability to attribute beliefs, intents, perspectives, and understandings to oneself or others and to understand others’ mental states. MATERIALS & METHODS: The present study enrolled 52 ADHD of adolescents and 41 healthy age-matched controls in this study. This study applied The Reading the Mind in The Eyes Task (RMET) and Theory of Mind Assessment Scale (Th.o.m.a.s.) for all participants. The results of these tasks were compared between the two study groups. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between these two study groups regarding ToM abilities using mean scores in the Th.o.m.a.s. inventory and the RMET. Furthermore, no association was found between the mean score in the ToM (in both study groups) and this study’s parameters of gender, mean age, birth rank, family structure, and income. CONCLUSION: This study did not support the hypothesis that adolescents with ADHD perform worse on ToM tasks. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2023 2023-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9881835/ /pubmed/36721828 http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/ijcn.v17i1.39094 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is published as an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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HOSSEINZADEH, Mariam
ZAHED, Ghazal
KHADEMI, Mojgan
DAVARI, Rozita
ARABGOL, Fariba
Theory of mind in adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A cross-sectional study
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title_short Theory of mind in adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A cross-sectional study
title_sort theory of mind in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721828
http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/ijcn.v17i1.39094
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