GUTI - A MEASURE OF URGENT TASK INVOLVEMENT AMONG ADULTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

Citation
Mm. Glickman et Dk. Dodd, GUTI - A MEASURE OF URGENT TASK INVOLVEMENT AMONG ADULTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, Psychological reports, 82(2), 1998, pp. 592-594
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
82
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
592 - 594
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1998)82:2<592:G-AMOU>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been proposed to r epresent adaptive responding to highly urgent situations as in primiti ve hunting. In the present study. 31 adults with self-reported ADHD we re compared with 33 normal adults on a newly developed. 10-item measur e of urgent task involvement. The internal consistency of the scale wa s suitable, and the group with ADHD scored significantly higher than t he control group, as predicted. Validation and further development of this scale is required for it to become a tool for the study of perfor mance of highly urgent tasks.