ERIC Number: EJ1476777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Aug
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ISSN: ISSN-1087-0547
EISSN: EISSN-1557-1246
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Exploring the Association between ADHD, Sleep, and Homework Problems: The Role of Behavioral Indicators of Neuropsychological Functioning
Journal of Attention Disorders, v29 n10 p787-802 2025
Objective: Around 70% of adolescents with ADHD experience sleep and/or homework problems. Both impairments have been previously associated with neuropsychological deficits but have not been simultaneously examined in adolescents with ADHD and clinical sleep problems. Therefore, this study investigated how sleep problems are associated with homework problems and how parent-rated behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning are part of this association in adolescents with ADHD. Method: Parental ratings of homework problems (HPC) and behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning (CAMEL) of adolescents with ADHD and comorbid sleep problems (ADHD/sleep; n = 53), adolescents with ADHD only (n = 24), and neurotypical adolescents (NT; n = 53) were collected. Homework problems and behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning were compared between the three groups. A path analysis was performed to investigate whether the behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning are part of the relation between sleep problems in ADHD and homework problems. Results: We found no differences for either homework problems or behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning between the ADHD/sleep and ADHD only groups, except for a small significant difference in arousal regulation, but both ADHD groups showed more homework problems and behavioral indicators of weaker neuropsychological functioning compared to the NT group. Behavioral indicators of weaker neuropsychological functioning were related to the increased homework problems experienced in the ADHD/sleep and ADHD only groups compared to NT. Conclusion: In adolescents with ADHD, sleep problems were not associated with more homework problems by weaker behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning. However, regardless of sleep problems, the behavioral indicators of neuropsychological functioning relate to the homework problems in adolescents with ADHD.
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Sleep, Homework, Correlation, Student Behavior, Adolescents, Barriers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Puberty, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
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Author Affiliations: 1UC Louvain, Belgium; 2KU Leuven, Belgium; 3Leiden University, The Netherlands