TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifying ADHD Symptoms in Open-Ended Everyday Life Contexts With a New Virtual Reality Task
AU - Seesjärvi, Erik
AU - Puhakka, Jasmin
AU - Aronen, Eeva T.
AU - Lipsanen, Jari
AU - Mannerkoski, Minna
AU - Hering, Alexandra
AU - Zuber, Sascha
AU - Kliegel, Matthias
AU - Laine, Matti
AU - Salmi, Juha
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was supported by the Academy of Finland (grants #325981 and #328954 to JS, grant #323251 to ML). ES received support from the Finnish Cultural Foundation (grants #00190963 and #00201002) and Arvo and Lea Ylppö Foundation (grant #202010005). None of the authors have any biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© ©The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Objective: To quantify goal-directed behavior and ADHD symptoms in naturalistic conditions, we developed a virtual reality task, EPELI (Executive Performance in Everyday LIving), and tested its predictive, discriminant and concurrent validity. Method: We collected EPELI data, conventional neuropsychological task data, and parent-ratings of executive problems and symptoms in 38 ADHD children and 38 typically developing controls. Results: EPELI showed predictive validity as the ADHD group exhibited higher percentage of irrelevant actions reflecting lower attentional-executive efficacy and more controller movements and total game actions, both indicative of hyperactivity-impulsivity. Further, the five combined EPELI measures showed excellent discriminant validity (area under curve 88 %), while the correlations of the EPELI efficacy measure with parent-rated executive problems (r =.57) and ADHD symptoms (r =.55) pointed to its concurrent validity. Conclusion: We provide a proof-of-concept validation for a new virtual reality tool for ecologically valid assessment of ADHD symptoms.
AB - Objective: To quantify goal-directed behavior and ADHD symptoms in naturalistic conditions, we developed a virtual reality task, EPELI (Executive Performance in Everyday LIving), and tested its predictive, discriminant and concurrent validity. Method: We collected EPELI data, conventional neuropsychological task data, and parent-ratings of executive problems and symptoms in 38 ADHD children and 38 typically developing controls. Results: EPELI showed predictive validity as the ADHD group exhibited higher percentage of irrelevant actions reflecting lower attentional-executive efficacy and more controller movements and total game actions, both indicative of hyperactivity-impulsivity. Further, the five combined EPELI measures showed excellent discriminant validity (area under curve 88 %), while the correlations of the EPELI efficacy measure with parent-rated executive problems (r =.57) and ADHD symptoms (r =.55) pointed to its concurrent validity. Conclusion: We provide a proof-of-concept validation for a new virtual reality tool for ecologically valid assessment of ADHD symptoms.
KW - ADHD
KW - executive function
KW - naturalistic behavior
KW - real-world attention
KW - virtual reality
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U2 - 10.1177/10870547211044214
DO - 10.1177/10870547211044214
M3 - Article
C2 - 34865551
AN - SCOPUS:85121394704
SN - 1087-0547
VL - 26
SP - 1394
EP - 1411
JO - Journal of Attention Disorders
JF - Journal of Attention Disorders
IS - 11
M1 - 10870547211044214
ER -