College students with AD/HD: risk for alcohol-related consequences and impairment
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jessica W. Benson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Arthur Anastopoulos
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether alcohol misuse is more likely among college students with AD/HD as compared with their non-AD/HD college peers. Forty-two students with well-defined AD/HD were recruited from an AD/HD Clinic and compared on a variety of alcohol use and misuse indices to a demographically-equivalent group of 42 college students without AD/HD. Groups were found to have equivalent rates of alcohol use, as predicted. In terms of potential for alcohol misuse, college students with AD/HD had lower perceived risk about alcohol use than non-AD/HD college peers, as predicted. However, they were also found to have lower positive expectancies about alcohol use, which was opposite the direction predicted. Post hoc analyses revealed that non-medicated students with AD/HD had lower perceived risk and lower positive expectancies about alcohol use than medicated students with AD/HD and non-AD/HD college students. Such findings put non-medicated students with AD/HD at differential risk for alcohol misuse in college. Implications for future research and clinical implications are discussed.
College students with AD/HD: risk for alcohol-related consequences and impairment
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- Alcohol, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, College students
- Subjects
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder $x Research $z United States
- College students $x Alcohol use $x Research $z United States
- College students $x Substance abuse $x Research $z United States