title: Positive Illusions? The Accuracy of Academic Self-Appraisals in Adolescents With ADHD.
abstract: Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) overestimate their academic competencies (AC) relative to performance and informant indicators (i.e., positive illusory bias; PIB). Do adolescents with ADHD exhibit this PIB and does it render self-views inaccurate? We examined the magnitude of the AC-PIB in adolescents with and without ADHD, the predictive accuracy of parent and adolescent AC ratings, and whether executive functions (EF) predict the AC-PIB.
  
  
  
  Adolescents (49 ADHD; 47 typically developing) completed math and EF tests, and self-rated their AC. Parents rated their adolescents' AC and EF.
  
  
  
  Adolescents with ADHD performed more poorly on the math task (vs. comparison group) but had a larger AC-PIB relative to parents' ratings. EFs predicted the PIB within the full sample. Adolescents' AC ratings, regardless of ADHD status, were more predictive of math performance than their parents' AC ratings.
  
  
  
  Adolescents with ADHD appear self-aware in their AC despite a modest PIB; nuanced self-appraisals may depend on EFs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development, University of Toronto rhonda.martinussen@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martinussen
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001076:Aptitude; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D012647:Self-Assessment
keywords: academic functioning; adolescents; attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; cognitive assessments; developmental perspectives