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. 2011;40(4):519-31.
doi: 10.1080/15374416.2011.581620.

Patterns and predictors of adolescent academic achievement and performance in a sample of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Joshua M Langberg  1 , Brooke S G Molina, L Eugene Arnold, Jeffery N Epstein, Mekibib Altaye, Stephen P Hinshaw, James M Swanson, Timothy Wigal, Lily Hechtman
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Patterns and predictors of adolescent academic achievement and performance in a sample of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Joshua M Langberg et al. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2011.

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.

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