Two Facets of Emotion Dysregulation Are Core Symptomatic Domains in Adult ADHD: Results from the SR-WRAADDS, a Broad Symptom Self-Report Questionnaire

Weibel, Sébastien; Bicego, Floriane; Muller, Sarah; Martz, Émilie; Costache, Mădălina Elena; Kraemer, Charlotte; Bertschy, Gilles; Lopez, Régis; Weiner, Luisa

doi:10.1177/10870547211027647

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“…The scale used in the present study also includes three other domains of symptoms associated with ADHD, namely oppositional symptoms, academic problems, and social attitudes. The psychometric properties of the SR-WRAADDS support its use in research and clinical practice ( 47 , 48 , 56 , 57 ). The SR-WRAADDS showed high correlations with the WRAADDS in an ADHD sample and every domain demonstrated discriminatory validity comparing adults with ADHD with healthy controls ( 47 ).…”

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Sexuality in Adults With ADHD: Results of an Online Survey

Hertz

Turner

Barra³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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Establishing a secure sexual identity is a major developmental goal of an individual's transition from childhood to adolescence and the years that follow. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by the core symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, but also with emotional dysregulation, oppositional behaviors, or disorganization appearing early in life, can affect several areas of an individual's personal and social development, including sexual health. Yet, the scientific knowledge about the relationship between ADHD and sexual functioning is still scarce. Using an anonymous online survey, we compared different sexual behaviors including risky sexual behaviors, hypersexual behaviors, and sexual dysfunctions between 206 individuals with (n = 139) and without (n = 76) ADHD. Individuals with ADHD reported significantly more hypersexual behaviors than non-ADHD individuals, whereas no differences were found concerning risky sexual behaviors or sexual dysfunctions. In women with ADHD, hypersexual behaviors, sexual risk-taking as well as sexual dysfunctions were closely related to symptoms of emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and oppositional symptoms. In men with ADHD, the associations between ADHD symptomatology and the sexuality-related measures were less clear, however, signs of emotional dysregulation seemed to be relevant as well. Since individuals with ADHD seem to be at an increased risk of some peculiarities in sexual behavior, sexuality-related issues should be routinely addressed during clinical consultations to provide more holistic treatment in order to enhance individual well-being and quality of life.

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Sexuality in Adults With ADHD: Results of an Online Survey

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Barra³

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“…Finally, while we focused in this review on racing thoughts only, we should mention that other psychological dimensions related to racing thoughts might also be found in both BD and ADHD. For instance, emotional dysregulation is not included among the diagnostic criteria of ADHD nor BD 11 but it is a core symptomatic domain in adult ADHD 68 and BD. Interestingly, comparative studies have reported that in euthymic patients with BD, emotion responsiveness is higher than in controls but lower than in patients with ADHD, whereas emotion lability does not differ between the two clinical groups.…”

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Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency 

Bertschy¹,

Martz²,

Weibel³

et al. 2023

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In the present study, we propose a review and a synthesis of the work of our group about the phenomenology and the cognitive mechanisms of racing thoughts in bipolar disorder (BD) and ADHD. Contrary to the mainstream idea according to which racing thoughts are pathognomonic of BD, our work suggests that racing thoughts are enhanced in ADHD compared to hypomanic episodes of BD, whereas in euthymic episodes of BD self-reported racing thoughts are similar to the rates reported by healthy controls. Using verbal fluency tasks, we found many similarities between bipolar and ADHD subjects with one clear difference: lexical search strategy in hypomania is based on phonemic similarities rather than semantic-relatedness. However, this distinction observed in this cognitive task is certainly difficult to grasp during a clinical interview aiming to differentiate mild hypomania from combined ADHD presentation. The main landmark to distinguish them remains the episodic nature of bipolar disorders as opposed to the lifelong presentation of ADHD symptoms, a dichotomous view that is not so clear-cut in clinical practice.

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“…To study ED, in particular emotional lability in ADHD, we were interested in the cyclothymic temperament subscale of the TEMPS-A. All the scales used were self-reported and validated in French (113)(114)(115)(116)(117) with Likert scales to consider the frequency of symptoms.…”

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Tackling emotional processing in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder + autism spectrum disorder using emotional and action verbal fluency tasks

Walter

Martz²,

Weibel³

et al. 2023

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IntroductionAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are two neurodevelopmental conditions with neuropsychological, social, emotional, and psychopathological similarities. Both are characterized by executive dysfunction, emotion dysregulation (ED), and psychiatric comorbidities. By focusing on emotions and embodied cognition, this study aims to improve the understanding of overlapping symptoms between ADHD and ASD through the use of verbal fluency tasks.MethodsFifty-two adults with ADHD, 13 adults with ADHD + ASD and 24 neurotypical (NT) participants were recruited in this study. A neuropsychological evaluation, including different verbal fluency conditions (e.g. emotional and action), was proposed. Subjects also completed several self-report questionnaires, such as scales measuring symptoms of ED.ResultsCompared to NT controls, adults with ADHD + ASD produced fewer anger-related emotions. Symptoms of emotion dysregulation were associated with an increased number of actions verbs and emotions produced in ADHD.DiscussionThe association between affective language of adults with ADHD and symptoms of emotion dysregulation may reflect their social maladjustment. Moreover, the addition of ADHD + ASD conditions may reflect more severe affective dysfunction.

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Two Facets of Emotion Dysregulation Are Core Symptomatic Domains in Adult ADHD: Results from the SR-WRAADDS, a Broad Symptom Self-Report Questionnaire

Cited by 10 publications

References 45 publications

Sexuality in Adults With ADHD: Results of an Online Survey

Sexuality in Adults With ADHD: Results of an Online Survey

Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency

Tackling emotional processing in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder + autism spectrum disorder using emotional and action verbal fluency tasks

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