Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is well-known for its effect on organizational skills, but less is known about how its comorbid conditions affect these skills. This study, published in PeerJ, sought to determine how ADHD and its comorbid conditions affect organizational skills in adults.
A total of 407 adult participants were recruited online for the study. Of these participants, 201 had an ADHD diagnosis. Several rating scales were used to assess the participants’ levels of ADHD and organizational skills and if they had a symptomatic anxiety disorder or mood disorder.
Ultimately, a comorbid anxiety disorder or mood disorder was found to be significantly more common in participants with ADHD. Moreover, participants with ADHD were found to have significantly lower organizational skills. While the participants with a highly symptomatic comorbid anxiety disorder or mood disorder also had worse organizational skills, inattention was found to more strongly predict worse organizational skills.
In short, this study highlights how inattention impacts organizational skills in adults with ADHD more so than comorbid anxiety disorders or mood disorders do [1].
Source:
[1] Durand, G., & Arbone, I. S. (2022). Exploring the relationship between ADHD, its common comorbidities, and their relationship to organizational skills. PeerJ, 10, e12836. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12836
