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ABSTRACT
The present study aimed to investigate the difference that existed between verbal creative thinking as well as nonverbal creative thinking of ADHD and non ADHD children. Total sample comprised of 150 children (75 ADHD and 75 non ADHD children, Mage=12.5, age range: 12-13 years) purposively drawn from randomly selected schools of Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh state. Verbal test of creative thinking and nonverbal test of creative thinking developed by Mehdi were used to measure creative thinking ability of ADHD and non ADHD children. Obtained data was analyzed by applying ANOVA and showed significant difference between ADHD and control group in verbal creative thinking, whereas no significant difference was found in nonverbal creative thinking between ADHD and non ADHD children. Simple effects indicated significant difference between ADHD and non ADHD children in flexibility factor of verbal creative thinking and in originality factor of nonverbal creative thinking.
Key words: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Verbal creative thinking, Nonverbal creative thinking.
INTRODUCTION
Creative thinking is the ability by which one perceives something new and original which other persons miss. The extremely creative means that an individual has the capability to take clear and recognizable part of information and link them in entirely new ways. (Dharmagandan, 1976; Gagneja, 1972; Hussain, 1974; Reddy and Rao, 2003; Sharma, 1980). It is meant as the ability of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder abbreviated as ADHD who are supposed to have the ability to illustrate what is outside the box from within the box. (Verma and Kushwaha, 2011a). It is found that ADHD child perceives things in different manner which are generally ignored by other people (Shaw,1992). They generate unusual ideas due to their different knowledge bases which is acquired by them through their less focused interactions with their environment (Leroux, and Levitt- Perlam, 2000).
It is assumed that ADHD and creativity go hand-in-hand. Creativity has been associated with right brain activity. Positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning prove that brain patterns of individuals with ADHD are similar to brain patterns of individuals who are highly creative (Bailey, 2007). The right brain of ADHD individual is active and controls leftbrain. The leftbrain is the thinking side, while the right brain is the doing side....