Why Are Individuals With ADHD More Prone to Boredom? Examining Attention Control and Working Memory as Mediators of Boredom in Young Adults With ADHD Traits.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Journal of Attention Disorders Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI:10.1177/10870547251356723

Sarah A Orban, Jennifer S Blessing, Madelyn K Sandone, Benjamin Conness, Jenna Santer

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Abstract

Objective: Proneness to boredom has been reported in ADHD populations; however, no study to date has examined potential mediators of ADHD-related boredom. The current study investigated whether individuals with ADHD traits exhibit higher levels of boredom propensity relative to their peers without ADHD traits and explore if attention control and working memory mediate the relationship between ADHD and proneness to boredom.

Method: Young adults (M_age = 19.1, SD = 1.3) with (n = 31) and without (n = 57) ADHD traits completed self-report measures (i.e., boredom proneness, current ADHD symptoms, and childhood indicators of ADHD) and six counterbalanced performance-based cognitive measures (i.e., three attention control and three working memory tasks).

Results: Young adults with ADHD traits exhibited large magnitude effect size differences in proneness to boredom relative to their peers without ADHD traits (d = 2.09). In addition, proneness to boredom and ADHD trait group status were related to worse performance on attention control and working memory factors. Both attention control and working memory factors partially mediated the relation between ADHD and boredom, accounting for 5.8% and 6.4% of the variance in ADHD-related boredom, respectively.

Conclusion: Executive attention processes related to difficulty controlling attention and using working memory may provide a partial explanation for why individuals with ADHD traits experience boredom.

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为什么患有多动症的人更容易感到无聊？研究注意力控制和工作记忆在有注意力缺陷多动障碍特征的年轻成人中无聊的中介作用。

目的：已报道ADHD人群的无聊倾向；然而，迄今为止还没有研究调查adhd相关无聊的潜在中介。目前的研究调查了患有多动症的个体是否比没有多动症的同龄人表现出更高的无聊倾向，并探讨了注意力控制和工作记忆是否介导了多动症和无聊倾向之间的关系。方法：有（n = 31）和没有（n = 57） ADHD特征的年轻人（Mage = 19.1, SD = 1.3）完成自我报告测试（即无聊倾向、当前ADHD症状和ADHD儿童指标）和6项平衡的基于表现的认知测试（即3项注意力控制和3项工作记忆任务）。结果：与没有ADHD特征的同龄人相比，具有ADHD特征的年轻人在无聊倾向方面表现出较大的效应量差异（d = 2.09）。此外，无聊倾向和ADHD特质组状态与注意控制和工作记忆因素的较差表现有关。注意控制和工作记忆因素都部分介导了ADHD与无聊之间的关系，分别占ADHD相关无聊方差的5.8%和6.4%。结论：与难以控制注意力和使用工作记忆相关的执行注意过程可能部分解释了为什么有ADHD特征的个体会感到无聊。

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Journal of Attention Disorders PSYCHIATRY-

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7.60

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Attention Disorders (JAD) focuses on basic and applied science concerning attention and related functions in children, adolescents, and adults. JAD publishes articles on diagnosis, comorbidity, neuropsychological functioning, psychopharmacology, and psychosocial issues. The journal also addresses practice, policy, and theory, as well as review articles, commentaries, in-depth analyses, empirical research articles, and case presentations or program evaluations.