Dissertation
Adult functional outcomes of childhood ADHD
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Summer 2020
DOI: 10.17077/etd.005499
Abstract
Longitudinal studies have provided evidence of significant impairments across multiple functional domains in adults who were diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as children. However, little is known about the factors that influence the developmental course of the disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine the functional outcomes of a group of adults with a history of childhood ADHD and a comparison group of undiagnosed adults, and to identify childhood and adolescent predictors of adverse life events. Results suggest that those with childhood ADHD are more likely than comparisons to experience nearly all of the adverse events included in this study. Even after accounting for differences in age and childhood conduct problems, those with a history of ADHD were significantly more likely to experience adverse events than comparisons. Follow-up analyses identified several child and adolescent characteristics that significantly increased (risk factors) or decreased (resource factors) the likelihood of having experienced adverse life events. These results suggest possible points of intervention for children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD and have implications for practitioners working with these populations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Adult functional outcomes of childhood ADHD
- Creators
- Sara Elizabeth Wise
- Contributors
- Stewart Ehly (Advisor)Susan Assouline (Committee Member)Amy Conrad (Committee Member)Mary Ann Roberts (Committee Member)Kathy Schuh (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Date degree season
- Summer 2020
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.005499
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- x, 89 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2020 Sara Elizabeth Wise
- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- color illustration
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-85).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
Research on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shown that many children diagnosed with the disorder continue to have difficulties as adults. Several recent studies have suggested that adults with childhood ADHD are more likely to get fired, get arrested, and report lower relationship satisfaction than adults without a history of the disorder. This study describes negative adult outcomes associated with childhood ADHD and examines child and adolescent characteristics that make these negative outcomes more or less likely. In this sample, adults with childhood ADHD were more likely than a comparison group to experience the negative life events included in this study (e.g., low salary and educational attainment, divorce, arrests). Several child and adolescent characteristics that put individuals at greater or lesser risk of these negative outcomes were identified. These results suggest possible points of intervention for practitioners working with this population.
- Academic Unit
- Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9983988296802771
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