College students' perceptions of malingering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

This study assessed college students’ knowledge and perceptions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to help identify patterns of behavior in those who malinger ADHD in a college environment. Specifically, I sought to determine what behaviors college students attribute to ADHD and how those behaviors are demonstrated when malingering the disorder. Participants in this study were neurotypical college students and those with a valid ADHD diagnosis. Half of the neurotypical participants were instructed to malinger ADHD on all study assessments. Participants who were instructed to malinger ADHD subjectively reported significantly more symptoms than their neurotypical peers, but not their valid ADHD counterparts. They also responded with a significantly different error pattern on experimental assessments. The findings from this study can inform future research regarding specific assessments that will capture discrepancies between individuals who malinger ADHD and legitimate cases.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Maynard, Nicolas

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clark, Amanda J.
• Warren, Amye; Shelton, Jill T.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Malingering

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/963

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2143