title: Patterns and predictors of adolescent academic achievement and performance in a sample of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: The current study examined predictors of academic achievement, measured by standardized test scores, and performance, measured by school grades, in adolescents (Mn age = 16.8) who met diagnostic criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)-Combined type in early childhood (Mn age = 8.5; N = 579). Several mediation models were also tested to determine whether ADHD medication use, receipt of special education services, classroom performance, homework completion, or homework management mediated the relationship between symptoms of ADHD and academic outcomes. Childhood predictors of adolescent achievement differed from those for performance. Classroom performance and homework management mediated the relationship between symptoms of inattention and academic outcomes.
authors: Department of Pediatrics University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA. joshua.langberg@cchmc.org
authors: Joshua M
authors: JM
authors: Langberg
authors: Brooke S G
authors: BS
authors: Molina
authors: L Eugene
authors: LE
authors: Arnold
authors: Jeffery N
authors: JN
authors: Epstein
authors: Mekibib
authors: M
authors: Altaye
authors: Stephen P
authors: SP
authors: Hinshaw
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Swanson
authors: Timothy
authors: T
authors: Wigal
authors: Lily
authors: L
authors: Hechtman
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014888:Wechsler Scales