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The Role of Distress Tolerance and Delay of Gratification in the Health Risk Behaviors of Females with and without ADHD
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Annah R. Cash; Rosanna Breaux – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: This study examined the independent and joint effects of ADHD status, distress tolerance, and delay of gratification on the propensity to engage in health risk behaviors (drug use, alcohol use, disordered eating). Participants/Methods Participants: included 115 female college students (41.7% with ADHD) who completed online…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Clinical Diagnosis
Is Adoption Equally Beneficial to Different Aspects of Youth's Behavioral Health? Findings from Comparing Adopted Chinese Youth with Non-Adopted American and Chinese Youth
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Tan, Tony Xing; Yi, Zhiyao – Youth & Society, 2021
To test whether adoption differentially benefited adopted youth's behavioral health, 243 female American youth who were adopted from China were compared with 234 non-adopted American peers, and 955 non-adopted Chinese peers living in China on four composite scales: School Problems, Internalizing Problems, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder…
Descriptors: Adoption, Children, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
The Relationship between ADHD Symptomology and Decision Making
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Schepman, Stephen; Weyandt, Lisa; Schlect, Sarah Diane; Swentosky, Anthony – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: To explore the relationship between the symptoms of ADHD, the extent to which college students seek to maximize their decisions, and the degree to which students feel regret for their decisions. Method: Undergraduate students (N = 275) completed four questionnaires measuring ADHD symptomology, internal restlessness, maximization…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Males
The Clinical Utility of the Proposed DSM-5 Callous-Unemotional Subtype of Conduct Disorder in Young Girls
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Pardini, Dustin; Stepp, Stephanie; Hipwell, Alison; Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda; Loeber, Rolf – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: A callous-unemotional (CU) subtype of conduct disorder (CD) has been proposed as an addition to the fifth edition of the "Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)." This study tested the hypothesis that young girls with the CU subtype of CD would exhibit more severe antisocial behavior and less severe internalizing…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Antisocial Behavior, Females, Mental Disorders
Understanding ADHD in Girls: Identification and Social Characteristics
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Grskovic, Janice A.; Zentall, Sydney S. – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify the hyperactive, impulsive, social, and emotional characteristics of girls with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These characteristics could be used to increase the referral rates of these girls and provide implications for intervention. Parent and self-ratings of a school-based…
Descriptors: Females, Social Characteristics, Identification, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder