Roth Robert M, Wishart Heather A, Flashman Laura A, Riordan Henry J, Huey Leighton, Saykin Andrew J
Neuropsychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Neuropsychology. 2004 Jan;18(1):78-84. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.18.1.78.
Statistical mediation modeling was used to test the hypothesis that poor use of a semantic organizational strategy contributes to verbal learning and memory deficits in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Comparison of 28 adults with ADHD and 34 healthy controls revealed lower performance by the ADHD group on tests of verbal learning and memory, sustained attention, and use of semantic organization during encoding. Mediation modeling indicated that state anxiety, but not semantic organization, significantly contributed to the prediction of both learning and delayed recall in the ADHD group. The pattern of findings suggests that decreased verbal learning and memory in adult ADHD is due in part to situational anxiety and not to poor use of organizational strategies during encoding.
语义组织策略运用不佳会导致注意力缺陷/多动障碍（ADHD）成人患者出现言语学习和记忆缺陷。对28名ADHD成人患者和34名健康对照者进行比较，结果显示ADHD组在言语学习和记忆测试、持续注意力测试以及编码过程中语义组织运用测试中的表现较差。中介模型表明，状态焦虑而非语义组织，对ADHD组的学习和延迟回忆预测有显著贡献。研究结果模式表明，成人ADHD患者言语学习和记忆下降部分归因于情境焦虑，而非编码过程中组织策略运用不佳。
