Understand and address complexities of rejection sensitive dysphoria in students with ADHD
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual recently expanded the childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis to include adults but without incorporating new adult diagnostic criteria. Childhood criteria had never matched well, or been validated for, the differing adult symptom presentation.
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ADHDers may find managing independent self-study and processing critical feedback particularly difficult.
“ADHDers may find managing independent self-study and processing critical feedback particularly difficult (for an overview of rejection sensitivity in ADHD, see Bedrossian, 2021).”
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- Authors
- Bedrossian, L.
- Corresponding author
- Bedrossian, Louise
- Venue
- Disability Compliance for Higher Education
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-04-18
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 4-4
- ISSN
- 1086-1335 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-8001
- OpenAlex
- W3154678752
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7
- FWCI
- 2.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Disability Compliance for Higher Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, adult ADHD, childhood ADHD, presenting symptoms, students with ADHD, higher education accommodations
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