Mathematics Achievement in Women With and Without ADHD: Childhood Predictors and Developmental Trajectories Into Adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often exhibit impairments in mathematics, but long-term math development into adulthood, particularly in females, is underexplored. We characterized trajectories of math achievement in girls with ADHD and an age- and ethnicity-matched comparison sample from childhood through early adulthood across four waves and examined childhood cognitive predictors (global executive functioning, working memory, processing speed) of trajectories. The ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample consisted of 140 girls with carefully diagnosed ADHD and 88 neurotypicals, ages 6 to 12 years at baseline, from the United States. Using latent growth curve models, we examined predictors of 16-year math achievement trajectories. In both the ADHD and ne

SUBMITTER: Henry LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12228839 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature