Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder And Its Relationship To Risk-Taking Behavior Among Adolescents With ADHD During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The paper aims at studying the level of risk-taking behavior among adolescents with ADHD in East Jerusalem. It is of interest of this paper to study the nature of the dimensions of measures of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and risk-taking behavior. The sample of the study consisted of a total number of (55) adolescents who are suffering from ADHD in East Jerusalem during the academic year 2020/2021. The study used two measures: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and risk-taking behavior. The results concluded that the level of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is high, reaching 13%, as well as the level of risk-taking behavior, which reached 29%. Another promising finding also found a statistically significant correlation between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and risk-taking behavior. The results also concluded that there were no statistically significant differences between the average responses of the study sample members on the total scale and the sub-dimensions of the ADHD scale due to gender, age, and educational level. The results also concluded that there were no statistically significant differences between the average responses of the study sample members on the overall scale and the sub-dimensions of the risk-taking behavior scale due to age and educational level, while there were differences due to gender in favor of females