Table 7.
Differences between ADHD and other participants in the motivation behind extra-partner affairs from a pre-determined list (n = 826).
| ADHD (n = 335) |
Others (n = 491) |
2 (df = 1) | Phi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity | 92 (28.5%) | 115 (19.7%) | 1.73 | |
| Sensation-seeking | 157 (46.9%) | 159 (32.4) | 17.68 *** | 0.146 |
| Developed via social media/online relationship | 41 (12.2%) | 53 (10.8) | 0.414 | |
| Re-contact with an ‘old flame’. | 72 (21.5%) | 79 (16.1%) | 3.89 * | 0.049 |
| Aroused by watching pornography | 19 (5.2%) | 13 (2.6%) | 4.89 * | 0.027 |
| Poor impulse-control | 112 (33.4%) | 69 (14.0%) | 43.71 *** | 0.230 |
| Alcohol disinhibition | 120 (35.8%) | 104 (21.2%) | 21.59 *** | 0.162 |
| Drug use disinhibition | 38 (32.9%) | 32 (28.2%) | 5.93 * | 0.085 |
| Peer pressure | 5 (1.5%) | 8 (1.6%) | 0.024 | |
| Peer pressure from another person | 15 (4.5%) | 19 (3.9%) | 0.186 | |
| Feeling bored | 59 (17.6%) | 55 (11.2%) | 6.88 ** | 0.091 |
| Feeling unhappy | 116 (34.6%) | 128 (26.1%) | 7.00 ** | 0.092 |
| Feeling unappreciated | 99 (29.6%) | 111 (22.6%) | 5.07 * | 0.078 |
| Feeling misunderstood | 58 (17.3%) | 48 (9.8%) | 10.11 ** | 0.111 |
| Feeling angry | 29 (8.7%) | 34 (6.9%) | 0.85 | |
| Revenge | 25 (7.5%) | 23 (4.7%) | 2.81 | |
| Incompatible libido with usual partner | 60 (17.9%) | 74 (15.1%) | 1.18 | |
| Usual partner couldn’t have sex | 12 (3.6%) | 20 (4.1%) | 0.129 | |
| Seeking unusual sexual activity | 20 (6.9%) | 35 (7.1%) | 0.430 | |
| Other (unspecified) | 51 (15.2%) | 40 (8.1%) | 10.17 *** | 0.111 |
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.