Kennepohl, Melissa Maria Katharina (2022) The Impact of Increasing ADHD Symptomatology on the Process of Proactive Cognitive Control. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Cognitive control (CC) plays a major role in our daily functioning. According to recent research, individuals with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) indicate altered processes of proactive CC, which represent the ability to perceive and act according to contextual cues in our environment. The present study follows a dimensional approach to investigate the relationship between varying severity levels of adult ADHD, measured with the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale Self-Report, and the impact on proactive CC in a convenience university sample. Proactive control is measured through reaction time on the informative-cued trials of the Stroop Task compared to alerting-cue trials. Post analysis include the differences in performance of the proactive CC process between gender. Our findings are inconclusive regarding the impact of proactive CC processes, due to the insignificance of our cue manipulation, despite varying levels of ADHD. No significant difference between gender was found. Overall, findings contradict research of previous clinical studies, which observed a significant difference in reaction time when implementing informative cues for both, healthy and ADHD groups. Nevertheless, varying levels of severity of ADHD symptoms presented a possible meaningful relationship in regards to the performance of the Stroop Task, which needs further investigation. Keywords: ADHD, Stroop Task, Proactive Cognitive Control, CAARS
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Mohamed, S.M.H. and Havik, E.M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2022 13:39 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2022 13:39 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/290 |
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