DOI:
10.13056/acamh.24655
In this Papers Podcast,
Dr. Zoe Smith discusses her JCPP paper ‘
Academic motivation decreases across adolescence for youth with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Effects of motivation on academic success’ (
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13815). Zoe is the first author of the paper.
There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include:
- An overview of the self-determination theory of motivation.
- How motivation presents in young people with ADHD and how this may differ from youth without ADHD.
- Surprising and unexpected findings from the JCPP paper.
- The interventions that are known to foster autonomy growth in young people with ADHD.
- The implications for child and adolescent mental health professionals, policymakers, education professionals.