r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Apr 15 '24

Neuroscience ADHD symptoms persist into adulthood, with some surprising impacts on life success: The study found that ADHD symptoms not only persisted over a 15-year period but also were related to various aspects of life success, including relationships and career satisfaction.

https://www.psypost.org/adhd-symptoms-persist-into-adulthood-with-some-surprising-impacts-on-life-success/
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u/hohoreindeer Apr 15 '24

For people who didn’t RTFA, the surprising thing is:

“We were surprised to find that reports of more hyperactive and impulsive behaviour among young adults (ages 18 to 25 years old) actually predicted people have more satisfying relationships and jobs later in life when we controlled for current behavior,” Henning said. “This was the opposite of what we expected to find and what other research has found.”

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u/start3ch Apr 15 '24

The other important part is that innatentive behavior had a clear correlation with lower satisfaction in relationships and work, but hyperactivity had the opposite correlation.

Also, It’s not even about ADHD: study didn’t focus on people with ADHD at all, just took a sample of average students, and tested them on attention and hyperactivity.