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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and future expectations in Russian adolescents

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ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

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In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the role of future expectations—the extent to which a future outcome is deemed likely—in the health and well-being of adolescents, with research linking future expectations to outcomes such as an increased likelihood of engaging in risky health behaviors. As yet, however, there has been no research on future expectations and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescence. To address this research gap, the current study examined the association between ADHD symptoms/possible ADHD status and future expectations in a school-based sample of adolescents. Data were analyzed from 537 Russian adolescents (aged 12–17) with teacher-reported ADHD symptoms and self-reported future expectations. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine associations. In fully adjusted analyses, inattention symptoms/possible ADHD inattentive status was associated with lower future educational expectations, while a possible ADHD hyperactivity status was associated with increased odds for negative future expectations relating to work, family and succeeding in what is most important. The findings of this study suggest that greater ADHD symptoms/possible ADHD status in adolescence may be linked to an increased risk for negative future expectations across a variety of different life domains.

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AK's work was supported by the Miguel Servet contract financed by the CP13/00150 and PI15/00862 Projects, integrated into the National R + D + I and funded by the ISCIII—General Branch Evaluation and Promotion of Health Research—and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF-FEDER). These organizations had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

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  1. Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8553, Japan

    Andrew Stickley, Yoko Kamio & Hidetoshi Takahashi

  2. Stockholm Center for Health and Social Change (SCOHOST), Södertörn University, 141 89, Huddinge, Sweden

    Andrew Stickley

  3. Regional Center for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsö, Norway

    Roman Koposov

  4. Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujadas, 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat, 08830, Barcelona, Spain

    Ai Koyanagi

  5. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Monforte de Lemos 3-5 Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain

    Ai Koyanagi

  6. Carolina Population Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 123 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA

    Yosuke Inoue

  7. Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan

    Aki Yazawa

  8. Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Vladislav Ruchkin

  9. Child Study Centre, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    Vladislav Ruchkin

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Stickley, A., Koposov, R., Kamio, Y. et al. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and future expectations in Russian adolescents. ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord 11, 279–287 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12402-019-00292-w

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