Academic attainment (GCSE results) at age 16 mediates the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and late-adolescent depressive symptoms¶
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q3 i? Academic attainment mediated the association, accounting for 20.13% of the total effect. → Powell V 2020
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Powell V 2020¶
Powell V, Riglin L, Hammerton G, Eyre O, Martin J, Anney R, Thapar A, Rice F. (2020). What explains the link between childhood ADHD and adolescent depression? Investigating the role of peer relationships and academic attainment. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01463-w
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Potential-outcomes causal mediation analysis in ALSPAC (n = 2161) using GCSE point scores at 16 years as mediator. The article reports mediation of "20.13% of the total effect".
"Academic attainment mediated the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and late-adolescent depressive symptoms, accounting for 20.13% of the total effect (Table 3)."
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Related Claims¶
- Childhood ADHD symptoms are associated with higher late-adolescent depressive symptoms in a population cohort — related
- Clinical ADHD diagnosis in childhood is associated with increased odds of clinically significant adolescent depressive symptoms — related
- Peer problems at age 9.5 mediate the association between childhood ADHD and depressive symptoms at age 13 — related
- Peer problems at age 16 mediate the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and late-adolescent depressive symptoms — related
- Peer-problem mediation of the ADHD–depression link is not driven entirely by victimisation — related
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Academic attainment (GCSE results) at age 16 mediates the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and late-adolescent depressive symptoms |
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Academic attainment (GCSE results) at age 16 mediates the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and late-adolescent depressive symptoms |
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