title: ADHD symptoms and academic adjustment to college: the role of parenting style.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The primary aim of this study was to examine relationships among parenting style, symptoms of ADHD, and academic adjustment in college students. Specifically, we investigated whether parenting style may act as a buffer in the negative relationship between ADHD symptoms and academic adjustment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 200 undergraduate students attending a large public university. Questionnaires measuring their ADHD symptoms, parent's parenting style, and academic adjustment were completed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated small but significant moderation effects for authoritarian parenting and authoritative parenting on the relationship between ADHD symptoms and academic adjustment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although research has revealed that different parenting styles may relate to different outcomes in children with ADHD, for young adults, the effects of parenting on academic adjustment may be diluted. Future research should investigate variables that may be more salient predictors of functional outcomes for this population, such as organizational skills.
authors: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA hjones7@vcu.edu.
authors: Heather A
authors: HA
authors: Jones
authors: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.
authors: Annie E
authors: AE
authors: Rabinovitch
authors: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.
authors: Rebecca R
authors: RR
authors: Hubbard
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D011594:Psychometrics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ADHD; academic; adjustment; college; parenting