NCT05588505

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in College Students - Study 1

Refinement and Testing of a New Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Treat Executive Dysfunction in College Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwell Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

College students with ADHD have significant difficulty effectively managing their time, organizing, planning, and completing their academic work. As a result, they typically have lower grade-point averages, more course failures and withdrawals, are more likely to be placed on academic probation and are less likely to graduate from college than students without ADHD. The purpose of this project is to refine and test a psychological intervention on campus to help students with ADHD develop these self-management skills so that they can be more successful in college and avoid these negative outcomes.

Detailed description

Participants will be assessed pre- and post-intervention during interviews with the clinician-investigators and on several self-report questionnaires designed to assess their self-management of time, organization, and planning. Feedback of the results will be discussed with them, including any recommendations for further treatment.

Conditions

• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Targeting Executive Dysfunction in College Students with ADHD	The intervention is 12 weeks long, made up of one 2- hour session each week. These sessions are designed to help the participants develop strategies to improve their executive functioning skills including self- care, time management and organizational skills. These skills will also be applied to specific academic tasks such as note-taking during reading and lectures, organizing and conducting research, and writing papers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-01-20
• Completion: 2025-01-20
• First posted: 2022-10-20
• Last updated: 2025-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States