J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
A recent, online ahead of print article in the Journal of Attention Disorders addresses the social media language and use in a sample of 1399 adults self-identified as being diagnosed with ADHD compared with matched controls. In addition to linguistic analysis of public Twitter posts regarding themes (including how these themes mapped onto the 5-factor model of personality), adults with ADHD were significantly more likely than controls to post between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. The study represents a novel use of social media to gain relevant information about the experiences and expressions of adults with ADHD not typically captured in other venues.
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