Sense of time in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) : a comparative study

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Title
Sense of time in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) : a comparative study
Journal
Swiss Journal of Psychology
Author(s)
Quartier V, Zimmermann G, Nashat S
ISSN
1421-0185
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
69
Number
1
Pages
7-14
Language
english
Abstract
Parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently report that their children have a poor sense of time. Several studies looking at the perception of time mentioned a form of temporal myopia. The present study investigates the sense of time in children with ADHD. Twenty-two French-speaking Swiss children with ADHD and 22 controls between the ages of 6 and 13 years were tested using a conventional time knowledge questionnaire and two Piagetian time conservation tasks. Parents were asked to complete the "It's about time" questionnaire. Better performance was observed in matched control group children than in children with ADHD on a conventional time knowledge questionnaire. For children under 10 years of age, the two Piagetian time conservation tasks were able to differentiate children with and without ADHD. Parents of ADHD children reported more frequently that their children had time-related difficulties in daily activities. This study suggests that children with ADHD take longer to develop several time-related abilities.
Keywords
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, sense of time, development
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