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Academic Motivation Deficits in Adolescents with ADHD and Associations with Academic Functioning
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Smith, Zoe R.; Langberg, Joshua M.; Cusick, Caroline N.; Green, Cathrin D.; Becker, Stephen P. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The present study evaluates differences in self-reported intrinsic and extrinsic academic motivation and amotivation between eighth-grade adolescents with (n = 162) and without (n = 140) ADHD. This study also examines associations between motivation and academic functioning with objective (i.e., grade point average, standardized reading and math…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Rewards, Grade 8, Early Adolescents
Patterns and Predictors of Adolescent Academic Achievement and Performance in a Sample of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Langberg, Joshua M.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Altaye, Mekibib; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Swanson, James M.; Wigal, Timothy; Hechtman, Lily – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
The current study examined predictors of academic achievement, measured by standardized test scores, and performance, measured by school grades, in adolescents (Mn = 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…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Homework, Standardized Tests, Scores