Positive Features in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Systematic Review of Research

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is challenging for the family members to manage. Some of patients' behavioral characteristics make them be adaptive rather than disruptive. To introduce the psychological characteristics of people with ADHD using a positive approach to their abilities.

With Google search, the Persian and English keywords of positive features in ADHD people in domestic databases of Iranmedex, Irandoc, Magiran and SID and international databases of PubMed, Springer, ProQuest, Scopus, Elsevier, MEDLINE, and Cochrane were collected and reviewed through a systematic review.

A total of 103 articles published in English and Persian on the subject of a positive approach to the psychological characteristics of ADHD between 1992 and 2020 were obtained, of which 36 articles had the inclusion criteria. This study showed that creativity, hyperfocus and entrepreneurship are positive traits confirmed in people with ADHD.

Many researchers, by examining the symptoms of ADHD, believe that there are abilities in these people that are an advantage and skill and can be a strategy to compensate for the deficiencies in people with this disorder.