title: Self-control in postsecondary settings: students' perceptions of ADHD college coaching.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to identify undergraduates' perceptions of the impact of ADHD coaching on their academic success and broader life functioning.
  
  
  METHODS
  One-on-one interviews were conducted with 19 students on 10 different U.S. campuses who comprised a purposive sample of gender, cumulative grade point average, and self-regulation skills variables as measured by the learning and study strategies inventory. Interview transcripts were coded using NVivo 8 software, and emergent themes were triangulated with students' descriptions of personal artifacts that symbolized coaching's influence on their lives.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students reported that ADHD coaching helped them become more self-regulated, which led to positive academic experiences and outcomes. Students described ADHD coaching as a unique service that helped them develop more productive beliefs, experience more positive feelings, and engage in more self-regulated behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ADHD coaching helped participants enhance their self-control as they responded to the multifaceted demands of undergraduate life.
authors.affiliation: CRG, Inc., Indianapolis, IN 46260, USA. drdparker@gmail.com
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Sharon Field
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: Shlomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawilowsky
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rolands
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004519:Education, Special / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012984:Software; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult