Specht, S.A. (2022) To what extent can different dimensions of hyperfocus predict the risk of ADHD? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Patients with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience so-called paradoxical hyperfocus (HF) phenomena: prolonged moments of concentration in which they get completely engrossed in a specific task and in which there is a diminished perception of non-task relevant stimuli. This study aims to investigate the association and predictive value of eight hyperfocus dimensions for the risk of ADHD: ‘reduced awareness of the world’ ‘reduced awareness of the time’ ‘reduced awareness of the self’, ‘narrow focus’, ‘deep and intense focus’, ‘stopping and initiating other things’, ‘automatic focus’ and ‘prolonged concentration’ through a preliminary self-report containing 46 questions: the Core Hyperfocus questionnaire. The risk of ADHD is examined with the ASRS-S, containing six questions. Performing a simple multiple linear regression, the study shows that all dimensions together explain a significant amount of variance in the risk of ADHD. Additionally, less ‘awareness of the time’ and less ‘awareness of the self’ initiates an increased risk of ADHD and more ‘automatic focus’ indicates a decreased risk of ADHD. Further research is needed to find more empirical evidence for different dimensions of HF and investigate if they are possibly linked to negative and positive consequences, as negative consequences might be stronger related to HF.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Garcia Pimenta, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2022 09:57 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2022 09:57 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1171 |
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