Symptoms of ADHD and Other Common Mental Disorders Influence Academic Success in South African Undergraduates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

ADHD symptoms are highly prevalent among university students. These symptoms, particularly the inattentive cluster, predispose students to poorer academic performance and worse academic adjustment. Moreover, ADHD symptoms are often comorbid with other common mental disorders; this comorbidity also leads to poor outcomes. South African students often have fewer resources to successfully transition to university. Hence, our longitudinal study used data from a sample of South African first-year undergraduate students to investigate (a) associations between ADHD symptoms and academic performance/adjustment, (b) separate influences of the inattentive and hyperactivity-impulsivity clusters on academic performance/adjustment, and (c) the influence of the combination of ADHD and

SUBMITTER: Mohamad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800717 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature