Stéphanie Baggio1,2, Joseph Studer3, Ana Fructuoso4, Véronique S Grazioli3, Patrick Heller4, Hans Wolff4, Gerhard Gmel3,5,6,7, Nader Perroud8. 1. Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. stephanie.baggio@hcuge.ch. 2. Life Course and Social Inequality Research Centre, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. stephanie.baggio@hcuge.ch. 3. Alcohol Treatment Centre, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. 4. Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 5. Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland. 6. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. 7. University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. 8. Division of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Transition into adulthood is a risky period for young people with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but empirical studies on this topic are scarce. This study investigated the association between the level of ADHD symptoms and transition into adulthood. METHODS: Data were collected in the Cohort Study of Substance Use and Risk Factors among a representative sample of young Swiss men (n = 4681) over three waves. Measures included the level of ADHD symptoms and emerging adulthood assessed with the Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood and indicators of successful transition into adulthood. RESULTS: The level of ADHD symptoms was associated with a lower success in the transition into adulthood. Young people with high level of ADHD symptoms had a reduced increase in indicators of successful transition over time. Inattention symptoms were more strongly associated with emerging adulthood measures in comparison with hyperactive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The level of ADHD symptoms may delay the transition into adulthood, especially inattentive symptoms. Providing tailored interventions to emerging adults with ADHD symptoms may decrease the substantial impairments adults with ADHD experience in life.
OBJECTIVES: Transition into adulthood is a risky period for young people with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but empirical studies on this topic are scarce. This study investigated the association between the level of ADHD symptoms and transition into adulthood. METHODS: Data were collected in the Cohort Study of Substance Use and Risk Factors among a representative sample of young Swiss men (n = 4681) over three waves. Measures included the level of ADHD symptoms and emerging adulthood assessed with the Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood and indicators of successful transition into adulthood. RESULTS: The level of ADHD symptoms was associated with a lower success in the transition into adulthood. Young people with high level of ADHD symptoms had a reduced increase in indicators of successful transition over time. Inattention symptoms were more strongly associated with emerging adulthood measures in comparison with hyperactive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The level of ADHD symptoms may delay the transition into adulthood, especially inattentive symptoms. Providing tailored interventions to emerging adults with ADHD symptoms may decrease the substantial impairments adults with ADHD experience in life.
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Functional impairment; Health care; IDEA; Mental health
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