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ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes?

Elizabeth Ekman, Arto Hiltunen, Henrik Gustafsson

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Article in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Neurodiversity in elite sport: a systematic scoping review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Elizabeth EkmanDepartment of Social and Psychological Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Karlstad University, 65188 Karlstad, Sweden.
Arto HiltunenDepartment of Social and Psychological Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Karlstad University, 65188 Karlstad, Sweden.
Henrik GustafssonDepartment of Educational Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Karlstad University, 65188 Karlstad, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4495-6819
Karlstad University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study investigates the possibility that athletes have more parallel ADHD symptoms than non-athletes. High-level youth sport athletes were compared with non-athletes in leisure time (i.e., sport) and in the school in ADHD symptoms. Athletes and students were evaluated by a trained psychotherapist using Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) on activities at school and during activities in leisure/sports time. They also filled in the Autism Spectrum Questionnaire (AQ) as a self-report assessment. Results showed significant differences in ASRS-scores for athletes in school and in their sport, with high scores in school and low scores in sport. No differences were found in AQ between the groups. The findings indicate that many athletes might display a cognitive profile of parallel of ADHD criteria. Future research needs to further investigate potential benefits of the cognitive profile in athletes and how they handle different contexts including sport and school settings.

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PMID34064644
PMCPMC8151350
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