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. 2021 Mar 12;128(7):969–979. doi: 10.1007/s00702-021-02323-1

Table 2.

Performances of adults with (n = 39) and without ADHD (n = 83) on tests of financial judgment and financial performance

Adults with ADHD Adults without ADHD Statistic p d [99%CI]
M (SD) M (SD)
Financial judgment
 FCAI understanding 14.5 (3.0) 16.7 (2.5) t = 4.2  < 0.001* 0.82 [0.30 to 1.34]
 FCAI appreciation 15.7 (2.7) 17.4 (2.6) t = 3.3 0.001* 0.65 [0.13 to 1.16]
 FCAI reasoning 14.4 (2.4) 17.0 (2.7) t = 5.3  < 0.001* 1.00 [0.47 to 1.53]
 FCAI communication 4.9 (1.7) 6.7 (1.3) t = 6.0  < 0.001* 1.25 [0.71 to 1.79]
FDMI vignette 1
 FDMI understanding 1.5 (0.5) 1.9 (0.3) z = − 4.7  < 0.001* 0.67 [0.15 to 1.18]
 FDMI appreciation 1.6 (0.6) 1.6 (0.5) z = − 0.3 0.746 0.05 [− 0.45 to 0.55]
 FDMI reasoning 1.7 (0.6) 1.9 (0.3) z = − 2.5 0.011 0.26 [− 0.24 to 0.76]
 FDMI communication 1.9 (0.3) 1.9 (0.3) z = − 0.6 0.571 0.05 [− 0.45 to 0.55]
FDMI vignette 2
 FDMI understanding 1.4 (0.6) 1.8 (0.5) z = − 2.8 0.005* 0.43 [− 0.07 to 0.93]
 FDMI appreciation 1.5 (0.6) 1.8 (0.5) z = − 2.2 0.029 0.32 [− 0.18 to 0.82]
 FDMI reasoning 1.8 (0.5) 1.9 (0.3) z = − 0.4 0.714 0.04 [− 0.46 to 0.54]
 FDMI communication 1.8 (0.5) 1.9 (0.3) z = − 1.6 0.117 0.16 [− 0.34 to 0.66]
Financial performance
 TDT 75.0 (19.5) 87.3 (11.1) t = 4.5  < 0.001* 0.86 [0.34 to 1.38]
 IGT 18.6 (42.6) 14.4 (36.0) t = − 0.5 0.600 − 0.11 [− 0.61 to 0.39]
 CDR 7.0 (2.1) 7.6 (2.0) t = 1.5 0.131 0.30 [− 0.20 to 0.80]

FCAI Financial Competence Assessment Inventory, FDMI Financial Decision-Making Interview, TDT Temporal Discounting Task, IGT Iowa Gambling Task, CDR Competence in Decision Rules, CI confidence interval

*p ≦ 0.01