Career beliefs and job satisfaction in adults with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Carol A. Painter, Frances Prevatt, Theresa Welles

The authors evaluated dysfunctional career beliefs and subsequent low job satisfaction in adults reporting significant symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants (N=81) completed the Adult Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale (S.B. McCarney & P.D. Anderson, 1996), the Career Thoughts Inventory (J.P. Sampson, G.W. Peterson, J.G. Lenz, R.C. Reardon, & D.E. Saunders, 1996), and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (D.J. Weiss, R.V. Dawis, G.W. England, & L.H. Lofquist, 1967). Regression analyses confirmed that ADHD symptoms were significantly predictive of dysfunctional career beliefs, decision-making confusion, commitment anxiety, and external conflict.

Psychology.