‎ comparison of creativity between children with and without ‎attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: ‎a case-control ‎study

objective: the aim of this study was to compare creativity in children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity ‎disorder. method: this was an analytic and descriptive study. participants were 33 children aged 7-12 years selected from a ‎child and adolescent psychiatric clinic at imam hossein hospital (tehran, iran), who were diagnosed with ‎adhd by a child and adolescent psychiatrist. they met the dsm-iv diagnostic criteria for adhd and had ‎no comorbidity according to k-sads (kiddi-scadule for affective disorders and schizophrenia). they ‎were requested not to take any medication. they took the figural ttct (torrance test of creativity ‎thinking) and raven intelligence test after using medication. thirty-three age and sex-matched children ‎selected from the regional schools were recruited for the control group. they did not have any ‎psychiatric disorders according to k-sads. the figural ttct and raven intelligence test were conducted ‎for the controls as well. ‎ results: no statistically significant difference was found in the intelligence score and the mean±sd of the total ‎score of creativity between children with adhd (125.2 ± 42.6) and the control group (130.6 ± 47.5) (p ‎value = 0.49). children with adhd had worse function in fluency and flexibility items and were not ‎different in originality and elaboration items.‎ conclusion : the creativity of children with adhd is not different from that of the control group.‎