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[P1-01]Development of the Japanese Version of the Adult Hyperfocus Questionnaire and Examination of Its Reliability and Validity (in progress)
*Kazutoshi Tamura1, Akira Midorikawa2 (1. Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Chuo University (Japan), 2. Department of psychology, Faculity of Letters, Chuo University (Japan))
Keywords:
Hyperfocus,ADHD,Flow,Internet Addiction,Time Blindness
Background: Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) occasionally experience "hyperfocus", a state of intense and sustained concentration that causes them to lose track of time. Hupfeld et al. (2019) developed the Adult Hyperfocus Questionnaire (AHQ), which comprehensively assesses each of the three hyperfocus settings (school, hobbies, screen time) and six hyperfocus dimensions (losing track of time, failing to notice the world around you, failing to attend to personal needs, difficulty stopping and moving on to a new task, feeling totally engrossed in the task, and getting "stuck" on small details). In the same study, Hupfeld et al. (2019) demonstrated that individuals with higher ADHD symptomatology reported more frequent experiences of hyperfocus. However, no reliable and valid scale to assess hyperfocus has yet to be developed in Japan. Aims: The aim of this study is to develop a Japanese version of the AHQ and to validate reliability and validity. Furthermore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between ADHD and hyperfocus in Japan. Methods: With the original author’s permission, we translated the original version of AHQ into Japanese and the Japanese version was confirmed by back-translation. We plan to conduct a questionnaire survey of 500 Japanese adults. In this study, we will use the Japanese version of AHQ and Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) to evaluate ADHD symptoms. We also plan to include scales for flow and internet addiction to examine whether hyperfocus is a distinct construct from these related behaviors. This study is currently in the planning stage. Data collection is scheduled to take place between June and July 2025.References: Hupfeld, K. E., Abagis, T. R., & Shah, P.(2019). Living "in the zone": hyperfocus in adult ADHD. ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, 11, 191-208.