Comparison of theory of mind abilities in adolescents with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 4, 1333 - 1339, 27.12.2020

Fatih Dağdelen

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.715592

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the theory of mind skills among children and adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Materials and Methods: Two groups of patients aged between 12-16 years who were diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder diagnostic criteria were included in the study. A detailed form was used for evaluating sociodemographic characteristics and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC-R) for assessing cognitive functions of patients. In order to evaluate psychopathologies, Schedule For Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia For School-Age Children-present and lifetime version was applied. Theory of mind skills were examined with false belief tests, reading the mind in the eyes task and hinting task.
Results: Adolescents with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder group showed poorer performance than adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder in the first and second level theory of mind tests adolescents with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder group had significantly lower scores of reading the mind in the eyes task than adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Conlusion: Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder had differences in theory of mind skills and that theory of mind skills should be reviewed with new methods in addition to the existing methods for diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords

theory of mind, false belief, Attention Deficit and Hiperactivity Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Dikkat eksikliği-hiperaktivite bozukluğu ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluğu olan ergenlerde zihin kuramı yeteneklerinin karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı dikkat eksikliği-hiperaktivite bozukluğu ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluğu tanısı olan çocuk ve ergenlerde zihin kuramı yeteneklerini karşılaştırmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Dikkat eksikliği-hiperaktivite bozukluğu ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluk tanısı alan 12-16 yaş arası iki hasta grubu çalışmaya dahil edildi. Sosyodemografik özellikleri değerlendirmek için ayrıntılı bir form ve hastaların zeka seviyelerini değerlendirmek için Wechsler Zeka Ölçeği (WISC-R) kullanılmıştır. Okul Çağı Çocukları için Duygulanım Bozuklukları ve Şizofreni Görüşme Çizelgesi-Şimdi ve Yaşam Boyu Şekli-DSM-5 psikopatolojileri değerlendirmek için kullanılmıştır. Zihin kuramı yetenekleri yanlış inanç testleri, Gözlerden zihin okuma testi ve İma testi ile değerlendirildi.
Bulgular: Dikkat eksikliği-hiperaktivite bozukluğu olan ergenler, birinci ve ikinci seviye zihin kuramı testlerinde obsesif kompulsif bozukluğu olan ergenlere göre daha düşük performans göstermiştir. Dikkat eksikliği-hiperaktivite bozukluğu olan ergenler gözlerden zihin okuma testlerinde obsesif kompulsif bozukluğu olan ergenlere göre anlamlı olarak daha düşük skorlar elde etmiştir.
Sonuç: Dikkat eksikliği-hiperaktivite bozukluğu ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluğunun zihin kuramı becerileri üzerinde farklılıklara neden olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır ve zihin kuramı yeteneklerinin mevcut teşhis ve tedavi yöntemlerine ek olarak yeni yöntemlerle gözden geçirilmesi gerekmektedir.

Keywords

zihin kuramı, yanlış inanç, dikkat eksikliği ve hiperaktivite bozukluğu, obsesif kompulsif bozukluk

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