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ADHD has a debilitating influence on everyday functioning, including the capability to make financial decisions. The capability to make financial decisions is a multidimensional construct that includes financial knowledge, financial judgment, financial performance and related contextual factors. So far, the majority of studies in adults with ADHD focused on financial performance, while the other aspects of financial capability were less explored.
The current study aims to partly bridge this gap by examining the ability of financial judgment in adults with ADHD. In conclusion, adults with ADHD have difficulties with financial judgment especially with the ability to understand information that is relevant for a financial situation or transaction.
Furthermore, adults with ADHD were found to have problems with appreciating, reasoning and communicating about practical information that partly relates to their own financial situation as assessed with the FCAI. A careful assessment of financial capability in adults with ADHD, therefore, appears warranted in clinical practice.
In the last 2 decades, numerous studies showed that ADHD has a debilitating influence on many aspects of everyday functioning, including social, occupational and educational functioning Barkley et al. Recently, the capability to make financial decisions was added to this list Altszuler et al.
