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Avoidant Automatic Thoughts Are Associated with Task Avoidance and Inattention in the Moment: Replication in a Community Sample
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Laura E. Knouse; Yueyi Fan; Aditya Narayanan; William D. Ellison – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Avoidant automatic thoughts (AAT) are thoughts that precede or accompany a delay in the starting or ending of a task. In a prior study of college students using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), AATs were frequent daily occurrences and participants with more severe ADHD symptoms at baseline reported more frequent AAT. Importantly,…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Control, Attention Span