Reciprocal relations between ADHD and risky behavior in adolescence: a between and within-person longitudinal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study sought to extend the existing knowledge on the relationship between risky behavior and ADHD by studying transactions between these two variables within participants and across various time scales.

Methods

Participants were 281 adolescents (170 girls), age 13-18 years old (M = 14.8, SD = 1.3), and 1 of their parents. Risky behavior and ADHD symptoms measurements were taken at varying time intervals: annually, 4-monthly, and weekly. Random Intercepts Cross-Lagged panel modeling (RI-CLPM) was used to examine longitudinal bidirectional associations between risky behavior and ADHD symptoms.

Results

At the between-person level, positive associations between risky behavior and ADHD symptoms were found in all time scales. At the within-person leve

SUBMITTER: Goueta N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267668 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature