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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.
Advisor: | Anastopoulos, Arthur D. |
Commitee: | Lewis, Todd, Nelson-Gray, Rosemery, Shanahan, Lilly |
School: | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Department: | College of Arts & Sciences: Psychology |
School Location: | United States -- North Carolina |
Source: | DAI-B 75/05(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Clinical psychology |
Keywords: | Alcohol, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, College students |
Publication Number: | 3609542 |
ISBN: | 978-1-303-68479-1 |