نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية
المؤلف
مدرس علم النفس – بکلية الآداب بالوادي الجديد-جامعة اسيوط
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عنوان المقالة [English]
المؤلف [English]
To characterize adults with comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) with regard to cognitive functioning. Systematically, I examined neuropsychological performance on tasks measuring attention, working memory and EF, using Scheffe' Test comparing patients with persistent ADHD-BPD (N = 12, female, mean age 31.5), BPD (N = 11, female, mean age 35) and healthy adults (N = 13, mean age 36.3). Compared to BPD, and healthy adults, patients with ADHD-BPD showed impaired attention, working memory, and EF. They were more impulsive, and more variable in responding. ADHD- BPD patients show neuropsychological dysfunctioning. To conclude, adults with ADHD- BPD as a group are impaired on several cognitive domains. This provides a starting point to investigate individual differences in terms of impaired cognitive pathways.
Keywords: Adult ADHD-BPD, BPD, Neuropsychology performance.