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ERIC Number: EJ1346698
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Paths to Postsecondary Education Enrollment among Adolescents with and without Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Longitudinal Analysis of Symptom and Academic Trajectories
Di Lonardo Burr, Sabrina M.; LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Arnold, L. Eugene; Epstein, Jeffrey N.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Hechtman, Lily; Hoza, Betsy; Jensen, Peter S.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Pelham, William E., Jr.; Howard, Andrea L.
Child Development, v93 n5 e563-e580 Sep-Oct 2022
We examined developmental trajectories of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, standardized achievement, and school performance for adolescents with and without ADHD who did and did not enroll in postsecondary education (PSE; N = 749; 79% boys; 63% White, 17% non-Hispanic Black, 10% Hispanic, and 10% other ethnicities). In a multisite study (recruitment based in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, California, and Quebec), participants were originally enrolled between 1994 and 1998 at ages 7 to 9.9 and followed up through 2012 (M[subscript age] = 25 at final follow-up). Adolescents who eventually enrolled in PSE had less severe symptoms, but differences were modest and trajectories were similar over time. For all adolescents, standardized achievement trajectories declined up to two thirds of a standard deviation from ages 9 to 17. By the end of high school, the average GPA of adolescents with ADHD was three quarters of a point higher for those who eventually enrolled in PSE compared to those who did not. Overall, school performance mattered more than academic achievement for understanding eventual enrollment of adolescents with ADHD.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; California; Canada
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01MH100144