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  • Psychology
  • Human Physiology

Background:

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by self-regulation deficits.
  • The State Regulation Deficit (SRD) account links ADHD impairments to arousal regulation difficulties.
  • Interoceptive awareness, sensing bodily states, is crucial for self-regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate interoceptive awareness in adults with ADHD.
  • To test the hypothesis that impaired interoceptive awareness underlies self-regulation deficits in ADHD.

Main Methods:

  • Compared interoceptive awareness in 24 adults with ADHD and 23 controls.
  • Utilized an objective heartbeat perception task.
  • Employed a subjective questionnaire measure of interoceptive awareness.

Main Results:

  • Adults with ADHD and controls exhibited similar performance on objective heartbeat perception.
  • Both groups also showed comparable results on subjective interoceptive awareness measures.
  • These findings suggest intact interoceptive awareness in adult ADHD.

Conclusions:

  • Interoceptive awareness appears to be preserved in adults with ADHD.
  • The results do not support the notion that impaired interoceptive awareness is the primary cause of self-regulation deficits in ADHD.
  • Further research is needed to elucidate the precise mechanisms of arousal regulation difficulties in ADHD.