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Download full textKearnes, Tori B.; Ruebel, Joseph B. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2011
This study extends a body of research indicating a relationship between negative emotion and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Gender differences in the self-reporting of negative emotion among college students with ADHD were examined. Sixty-four college students (39 male, 25 female), with a diagnosis of ADHD, and 109 college…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
Direct linkBooksh, Randee Lee; Pella, Russell D.; Singh, Ashvind N.; Gouvier, William Drew – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2010
Objective: The authors examined the ability of college students to simulate ADHD symptoms on objective and self-report measures and the relationship between knowledge of ADHD and ability to simulate ADHD. Method: Undergraduate students were assigned to a control or a simulated ADHD malingering condition and compared with a clinical AD/HD group.…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Undergraduate Students, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity
Fisher, April Bryington; Watkins, Marley W. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2008
Clinicians must often rely on self-report data to make a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Unfortunately, self-report data are subject to intentional distortion. This becomes a concern when assessing for the disorder in the college population due to perceptions that there are benefits to having a documented…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Identification
Wierzbicki, Michael; Tyson, Clare M. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2007
Over a five year period, a university clinic performed psychological evaluations of 102 adults (including 85 college students) who reported that they were experiencing learning or attention problems. Of 92 persons who completed the evaluation, 40 (43.5%) received no diagnosis, 7 (7.6%) received the diagnosis of ADHD, 29 (31.5%) received the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High Schools, Psychological Testing, Attention Deficit Disorders
Peer reviewedHartnett, D. Niall; Nelson, Jason M.; Rinn, Anne N. – Roeper Review, 2003
This research intends to provide empirical support for the possibility of misdiagnosis of giftedness and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Forty-four graduate students enrolled in a school counseling program acted as participants. Participants were given one of two forms, both of which provided a hypothetical case study of a young…
Descriptors: Identification, School Counseling, Graduate Students, Hyperactivity
Wood, Jamie G.; Benton, Stephen L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2005
Preservice teachers' responses to students with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder who reportedly failed a classroom test were investigated. Undergraduate students (n=49), during their semester of student teaching, rated six vignettes that varied by student gender, attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, and medication…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Identification, Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers
Nietfeld, John L.; Hunt, Angela A. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
This study investigated the types of interventions that elementary school teachers and pre-service teachers choose to employ when working with students displaying hyperactive behavior. The extent to which beliefs systems, namely entity/incremental theories, showed relationships with the selection of particular types of interventions was also…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students
