Citation

Bullard LE, Coffman CA, Kay JJM, Holloway JP, Moore RD, Pontifex MB. J. Sport Exerc. Psychol. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Human Kinetics Publishers)

DOI

10.1123/jsep.2021-0225

PMID

35213818

Abstract

The aim of the present investigation was to provide insight into how postconcussion symptomatology may be altered in individuals exhibiting attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-related behaviors and examine factors that may be responsible for driving such relationships. A total of 99 individuals were assessed during the subacute phase of concussion recovery. Inattentive symptomatology, but not diagnosis of ADHD, was related to greater concussion-symptom severity and overall symptoms endorsed. Cluster and factor analyses highlighted that the relationship between ADHD symptomatology and concussion symptomatology was not a function of overlapping constructs being assessed (i.e., concussion-related symptomatology was not a proxy of ADHD-related symptomatology). These relationships were not mediated by parental observations of impairments in behaviors associated with executive functioning (i.e., executive dysfunction was not driving the greater concussion-related symptomatology associated with ADHD-related symptomatology). These findings highlight the importance of moving beyond categorical frameworks of ADHD to, instead, consider the continuum of underlying behaviors.

Language: en

Keywords

executive function; ADHD-IV; BRIEF; SCAT5; subacute phase