Studies in children with ADHD suggest impairments in social cognitive functions, whereas studies in adults with ADHD are scarce and inconclusive.
Future studies should therefore extend our findings by thoroughly assessing a broader range of social cognitive and neurocognitive functions in adults with clinical ADHD.
Thanks for an interesting question. These resources may interest you:
Article Reduced emotional empathy in adults with subclinical ADHD: e...
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=kent1510587554078524&disposition=inline
Article Theory of Mind and Empathy in Children With ADHD
https://fastbraiin.com/adhd-and-empathy/
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Article Social cognition in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
in terms of behaviours which show lack of empathy and in general difficulties with social cognition in people with ADHD, an interesting question would be to what extent these behaviours reflect primarily difficulties with emotional self-regulation and/or difficulties with response inhibition. To put it simply, could it be that these behavioural difficulties partially emerge because people with ADHD do not have the ability to fully process relevant stimuli as well as their own emotions BEFORE they respond to the situation? if that is the case, one way to test it would be to differentiate between real life responses and fully processed hypothetical responses at a later time when they will have the time + assistance in processing all the stimuli of the situation.
Another thought that comes to mind, is that ADHD is a behaviourally based diagnosis. As such it is an umbrella diagnosis, within which there might subgroups of people with different neuropsychological profiles. It would be interesting to identify the subgroups (and describe their key characteristics) for which lack of empathy is an issue.
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