SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2018
Review of the Evidence for Motivation Deficits in Youth with ADHD and Their Association with Functional Outcomes.
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- The Interplay of Family Dynamics, Lifestyle, and ADHD: A Case-Control Study on Sociodemographic Risk Factors.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Applying interpersonal neuroscience for understanding classroom learning in students with ADHD.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of Background Music on Attentional Networks of Children With and Without Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Case Control Experimental Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- A Comparison of Effectiveness of Attention Process Training (APT) with Parenting Management Training (PMT) in Reducing Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- A critical review of hot executive functioning in youth attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Methodological limitations, conceptual considerations, and future directions.Development and psychopathology · 2024Review
- Lowered social motivation is associated with adolescent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and social anxiety symptoms.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Article
- The experience of effort in ADHD: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Development of a digital mental health intervention for youth with ADHD: exploring youth perspectives on wants, needs, and barriers.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- School-to-Work Transition of Youth with Learning Difficulties: The Role of Motivation and Autonomy Support.Exceptional children · 2023Article
- The Impact of ADHD on Maternal Quality of Life.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Article
- Studying Motivation in ADHD: The Role of Internal Motives and the Relevance of Self Determination Theory.Journal of attention disorders · 2022Article
- The Effects of Choice on the Reading Comprehension and Enjoyment of Children with Severe Inattention and no Attentional Difficulties.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
- Event-Based Prospective Memory Deficit in Children with ADHD: Underlying Cognitive Factors and Association with Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Task-related motivation and academic achievement in children and adolescents with ADHD.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
- How to Improve Behavioral Parent and Teacher Training for Children with ADHD: Integrating Empirical Research on Learning and Motivation into Treatment.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2020Review
- Academic Motivation Deficits in Adolescents with ADHD and Associations with Academic Functioning.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Preeminent theories of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suggest that motivation deficits are core underlying features of the disorder. However, it is currently unclear whether empirical evidence supports the assertion that significant group (ADHD v. comparison) differences in motivation exist or that problems with motivation contribute to the functional impairments that youth with ADHD experience. Accordingly, this review focused on evaluating and summarizing the empirical literature on the presence of motivation deficits and their association with functional outcomes in samples of youth with ADHD. Twenty studies met the review inclusion criteria. Results support the assertion that youth with ADHD have lower academic-related motivation in comparison to their peers and that motivation plays an important role in academic outcomes, with the strongest evidence to date for reading achievement. However, the available evidence is limited, and few existing studies are aligned with the much larger theoretical and empirical motivation literature in typically developing youth. Given preliminary evidence that motivation plays a role in the academic impairments of youth with ADHD, the review concludes with a discussion of whether current ADHD interventions adequately target motivation and highlights important future directions.
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