Factors Associated with Empathy Among Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Ay, Merve Günay; Kılıç, Birim Günay

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“…As for the Empathy questionnaires, neither the BES and IRI nor the merged version of the two, did show any significant differences between the four clinical groups. Unfortunately, few data are available in the literature on the empathic attitudes of ADHD children with comorbid psychiatric conditions [70]. One would expect, based on previous findings on non-comorbid conditions, a greater impairment of the affective component for subjects with ADHD in comorbidity with behavioral disorders [17], while a greater impairment of the cognitive component in subjects with ADHD+ASD [10,18].…”

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The Role of Executive Functions in the Development of Empathy and Its Association with Externalizing Behaviors in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Other Psychiatric Comorbidities

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Executive functions have been previously shown to correlate with empathic attitudes and prosocial behaviors. People with higher levels of executive functions, as a whole, may better regulate their emotions and reduce perceived distress during the empathetic processes. Our goal was to explore the relationship between empathy and executive functioning in a sample of children and adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder alone or associated with comorbid Disruptive Behavior Disorders and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder. We also aimed to examine the role of empathic dimensions and executive skills in regulating externalizing behaviors. The 151 participants with ADHD were assigned to four groups according to their psychiatric comorbidity (either “pure” or with ASD and/or ODD/CD) and assessed by means of either parent- or self-reported questionnaires, namely the BRIEF−2, the BES, and the IRI. No questionnaire was found to discriminate between the four groups. Affective Empathy was found to positively correlate with Emotional and Behavioral Regulation competences. Furthermore, Aggressiveness and Oppositional Defiant Problems were positively associated with Executive Emotional and Behavioral Regulation competences. On the other hand, Rule-Breaking Behaviors and Conduct Problems were negatively associated with Affective Empathy and with Behavioral skills. Our study provides an additional contribution for a better understanding of the complex relationship between empathic competence and executive functions, showing that executive functioning and empathic attitudes interact with each other to regulate aggressive behaviors. This study further corroborates developmental models of empathy and their clinical implications, for which externalizing behaviors could be attenuated by enhancing executive functioning skills.

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The Role of Executive Functions in the Development of Empathy and Its Association with Externalizing Behaviors in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Other Psychiatric Comorbidities

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Empathy and Executive Functioning in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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Factors Associated with Empathy Among Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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The Role of Executive Functions in the Development of Empathy and Its Association with Externalizing Behaviors in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Other Psychiatric Comorbidities

The Role of Executive Functions in the Development of Empathy and Its Association with Externalizing Behaviors in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Other Psychiatric Comorbidities

Empathy and Executive Functioning in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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