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Direct linkGarnier-Dykstra, Laura M.; Pinchevsky, Gillian M.; Caldeira, Kimberly M.; Vincent, Kathryn B.; Arria, Amelia M. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: Report the distribution of scores from the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) and estimate the prevalence of self-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms as compared to clinical diagnoses. Participants: Participants were 1,080 college students, divided into 3 groups: (1) no ADHD diagnosis (n = 972), (2)…
Descriptors: College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis
DuPaul, George J.; Weyandt, Lisa L.; Rossi, Joseph S.; Vilardo, Brigid A.; O'Dell, Sean M.; Carson, Kristen M.; Verdi, Genevieve; Swentosky, Anthony – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: To evaluate stimulant medication on symptoms and functioning for college students with ADHD using double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover design. Method: Participants included 24 college students with ADHD and 26 college students without psychopathology. Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) was examined for ADHD participants over five…
Descriptors: College Students, Stimulants, Attention Deficit Disorders, Psychopathology
Glenn, Lane A.; Van Wert, Suzanne – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2010
A few years ago, Mathew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker generated big laughs and big box office sales in "Failure to Launch," an absurd comedy about a 26-year old man still living in his parents' basement, spending his days watching television and playing video games while the world passed him by. The film was closer to the truth…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Differences, Males, Higher Education
Davis-Berman, Jennifer L.; Pestello, Frances G. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
Twenty college students from a private Midwestern university were interviewed about their past and present experiences with taking medication for Attention Deficit Disorder. Analysis of respondent interviews suggested the following themes that were discussed and analyzed: recruitment of the young, little personal stigma, societal issues, side…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, College Students, Interviews, Drug Therapy
Rabiner, David L.; Anastopoulos, Arthur D.; Costello, E. Jane; Hoyle, Rick H.; McCabe, Sean Esteban; Swartzwelder, H. Scott – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: This study examines why college students without a prescription take ADHD medication, what they perceive the consequences of this to be, and whether attention problems are associated with this behavior. Method: More than 3,400 undergraduates attending one public and one private university in the southeastern United States completed a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Private Colleges, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity
Rabiner, David L.; Anastopoulos, Arthur D.; Costello, E. Jane; Hoyle, Rick H.; McCabe, Sean Esteban; Swartzwelder, H. Scott – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: This study assesses the misuse and diversion of prescribed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications. Method: One hundred fifteen students, attending two universities, with prescriptions for ADHD medications completed a Web survey in spring 2007. Results: Eighty-nine of 115 students (69%) used their ADHD medications as…
Descriptors: Physicians, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, College Students
Download full textFisher, April Bryington; Watkins, Marley W. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2008
Clinicians must often rely on self-report data to make a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Unfortunately, self-report data are subject to intentional distortion. This becomes a concern when assessing for the disorder in the college population due to perceptions that there are benefits to having a documented…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Identification
Peer reviewedKratochvil, Christopher J.; Lake, Marybeth; Pliszka, Steven R.; Walkup, John T. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
A 7-year-old girl with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), combined subtype, and oppositional defiant disorder presents with a complaint of marked insomnia. Her parents describe 60 to 90 minutes of nightly initial insomnia that began with the initiation of 36 mg OROS methylphenidate (Concerta) 2 months ago. Behavioral interventions…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Stimulants, Sleep, Hyperactivity
Wood, Jamie G.; Benton, Stephen L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2005
Preservice teachers' responses to students with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder who reportedly failed a classroom test were investigated. Undergraduate students (n=49), during their semester of student teaching, rated six vignettes that varied by student gender, attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, and medication…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Identification, Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers
Ryser, Jeannine; Alden, Peg – NACADA Journal, 2005
Advisor perceptions of and responses to the social and emotional needs of college students with learning disabilities (LDs) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) are studied. Through a mixed-method approach of surveys and focus groups, four themes emerged: social-emotional issues that students present in the advising relationship;…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Hyperactivity, Models
