Di Lonardo Burr, S.M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-9621, LeFevre, J., Arnold, L.E. et al. (9 more authors) (2022) Paths to postsecondary education enrollment among adolescents with and without childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A longitudinal analysis of symptom and academic trajectories. Child Development, 93 (5). e563-e580. ISSN 0009-3920
Abstract
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 (Mage = 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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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Child Development © 2022 Society for Research in Child Development. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Child Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Academic Success; Achievement; Adolescent; Adult; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Child; Female; Humans; Male; North Carolina; Schools |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2023 16:35 |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2023 17:35 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cdev.13807 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:206209 |