USA

68 ADHD

19 former ADHD

200 controls

・ Do ADHD symptoms predict college adjustment after the association between personality traits and adjustment is corrected for?

(Rabiner et al., 2008)

Taiwan

333 persistent ADHD 166 non-persistent ADHD

266 controls

・ Is childhood ADHD negatively associated with school performance?

・ Does the current persistence of ADHD predict adverse outcomes?

(Wu & Gau, 2013)

Articles relating to predictive factors or associations of ADHD with academic outcomes

USA

15 ADHD

・ What are the factors that help college students with ADHD?

・ What are the factors that hinder college students with ADHD?

(Meaux et al., 2009)

USA

153 current ADHD

73 past ADHD

3.153 controls

・ How do students with ADHD function in academic, social, and emotional domains relative to students without ADHD?

・ What is the predictive association between ADHD and students’ adjustment?

(Blase et al., 2009)

Articles related to self-concept

USA

21 ADHD

20 controls

・ What are the reported levels of college adjustment, self-esteem, and social skills of ADHD students vs. non-ADHD peers?

・ Do social skills and self-esteem act as mediators in the relationship between ADHD and college adjustment?

(Shaw-Zirt et al., 2005)

Australia

87 ADHD

87 and 3.374 controls

・ Are there differences in academic buoyancy (students’ capacity to successfully overcome setback) between students with and without ADHD?

(Martin, 2014)

USA

130 ADHD

94 controls

・ Do college students with ADHD differ from students without ADHD in their endorsement of specific behavioral information?

・ Do college students with ADHD differ from college students without ADHD in their endorsement of global ratings of behavior?

・ Are college students with ADHD more likely than students without ADHD to give ratings indicating a positive illusory bias?

(Prevatt et al., 2012)

USA

17 previous ADHD

19 controls

・ What is the performance of college students diagnosed with ADHD relative to peers without the diagnosis on a number of independent measures, including academic performance, self-concept and psychological well-being?

(Wilmshurst et al., 2011)

USA

102 ADHD

499 controls

・ What is the level of self-esteem among the study population?

・ Do these ratings vary by disorder characteristics and medication use?

・ Can we identify predictors of low self-esteem while adjusting for socio-demographic factors?

(Bussing et al., 2000)

Articles related to working memory or a specific skill

USA

68 ADHD

・ What is the performance and use of instructional accommodations of students with ADHD in foreign language courses?

(Sparks et al., 2004)

Canada

16 ADHD

30 controls

・ How does working memory work in university students with ADHD?

・ Is working memory related to academic functioning at the university level?

(Gropper & Tannock, 2009)

Canada

26 ADHD

6 ADHD + LD

30 LD

・ Will working memory training lead to improvements in working memory performance on cognitive tasks?

・ Will the effects of working memory training generalize to daily-life activities involving working memory, such as academic performance and self-regulation?

・ Are gains in functioning persistent (i.e., for at least two months)?

(Gropper et al., 2014)