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ArticleJournal of affective disorders2020

Variability in Positive and Negative Affect Among Adolescents with and without ADHD: Differential Associations with Functional Outcomes.

Rosanna Breaux, Joshua M Langberg, Courtney S Swanson, Hana-May Eadeh, Stephen P Becker

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Article in Journal of affective disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Beyond snapshots: A systematic review of dyadic and triadic parent-adolescent ecological momentary assessment studies across diverse and general populations.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026
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  12. Change in Adolescents' Perceived ADHD Symptoms Across 17 Days of Ecological Momentary Assessment.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rosanna BreauxVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Psychology. Electronic address: rbreaux@vt.edu.
Joshua M LangbergVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology.
Courtney S SwansonVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Psychology.
Hana-May EadehUniversity of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
Stephen P BeckerCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.
Virginia Tech · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of Iowa · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

A Multi-Method Investigation to Distinguish Sluggish Cognitive Tempo from ADHDK23MH108603 · NIMH · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI BECKER, STEPHEN P · 2015 to 2019
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NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH108603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study examined whether adolescents with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) differed in affect variability and whether variability in positive and negative affect was associated with functional outcomes.

methodParticipants were 302 adolescents (12-14 years, Mage=13.17, 55% male; 54% diagnosed with ADHD; 82% white) and their caregivers who each completed the 10-item Positive and Negative Affect Scale via daily diaries for approximately two weeks. Multi-informant ratings of emotional, behavioral, social, and academic outcomes were assessed.

resultsAdolescents with ADHD were found to experience greater variability in self- and parent-reported positive affect, fear, and distress. For adolescents with ADHD, greater variability in self- and parent-reported positive affect, fear, and distress were associated with more internalizing symptoms, greater variability in parent-reported positive affect was associated with worse social functioning, and greater variability in self- and parent-reported fear was associated with more externalizing symptoms. In contrast, greater variability in self- and parent-reported positive affect, fear, and distress were associated with better social functioning in adolescents without ADHD. LIMITATIONS: Future work should examine affect variability in adolescents with ADHD within the same day rather than across days. The limited age range and demographic diversity of our sample may limit generalizability of findings.

conclusionsFindings suggest the significant affect variability found among children with ADHD is also present in adolescents with ADHD and is associated with social and behavior impairment. Interventions for adolescents with ADHD should target emotion regulation abilities to help reduce the extremes of and shifts in affective experiences in this population.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleSocial AdjustmentAdolescenceaffectattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderintradaily variabilityPANAS

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PMID32663982
PMCPMC8010584
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