Comparison of Three ADHD Screening Instruments in College Students of Varying Cognitive Ability

Identifier

523

Author

Melissa Danielle Fuller-Killgore

Date

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Psychology

Committee Chair

William O. Dwyer

Committee Member

Randy G. Floyd

Committee Member

Houston A. David

Abstract

Three of the better known screeners for Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) symptomology were administered to 111 college students enrolled in a college Introductory Psychology class, on whom ACT scores and total course performance were also available. As a measure of cognitive ability, the Wonderlic Personnel Test (Wonderlic, Inc., 2000) was also administered. Futhermore, self-report data were available from participants who had been diagnosed with ADHD. The three screeners were the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) (Kessler et al., 2005), the Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale--Self-Report:Long Version (CAARS) (Conners, Erhardt, & Sparrow, 1999), and the Brown ADD Scales (Brown, 1996). The results are discussed in terms of the scales' reliability, as well as their relationship to academic aptitude, class performance, and their ability to identify self-reported ADHD diagnoses.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

Recommended Citation

Fuller-Killgore, Melissa Danielle, "Comparison of Three ADHD Screening Instruments in College Students of Varying Cognitive Ability" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 425.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/425