Self-Perceptions of Competence in Children With ADHD and Comparison Children.

Abstract

The self-perceptions of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n = 487) were compared with those of children in a local normative comparison group (n = 287), relative to teacher- and parent-rated perceptions of their competence. Children were participants in the ongoing follow-up portion of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD. Children with ADHD were much more likely than comparison children to overestimate their competence relative to adult report, regardless of who was used as the criterion rater (teacher, mother, or father). Examination by comorbidity subgroups revealed that children with ADHD inflated their self-perceptions the most in domains of greatest deficit. Gender effects also are reported.

Differential family and peer environmental factors are related to severity and comorbidity in children with ADHD

“…Evidence suggests that, when ADHD boys' perceptions is compared directly to those of their parents, ADHD boys' reports are positively enhanced relative to those of control parentchild dyads (Gerdes et al 2003). This finding is in accordance with the cumulating evidence for positive illusory self-perceptions in children with ADHD (Hoza et al 2004). The mechanisms underlying the positive illusions in children with ADHD might be related to a self-protective function in coping with deficits in the social domains (Hoza et al 2002).…”

Emotion Regulation Mediates the Relationship between ADHD and Depressive Symptoms in Youth

“…The current study included a sample of 69 participants, which limited the number of parameters able to be specified in the present path analysis. As a result, other important variables such as various risk factors for depression including: parental psychopathology (Chronis et al, 2003a;Nigg & Hinshaw, 1998), negative parent-child interactions (Johnston & Mash, 2001), impaired peer relationships (Blachman & Hinshaw, 2002;Hoza, Mrug, Gerdes, Hinshaw, Bukowski, Gold, et al, 2005;Mrug, Hoza, Gerdes, Hinshaw, Arnold, Hectman et al, 2009) and low selfesteem or self-efficacy (Hoza et a., 2004;Owens, Goldfine, Evangelista, Hoza, & Kaiser, 2007) could not be included in the model. Additionally, a larger sample size would allow for the examination of the relationship between ADHD, ER and depressive disorders, not just depressive symptoms.…”

Funcionamiento ejecutivo en el trastorno de déficit de atención con hiperactividad : una perspectiva ecológica de los perfiles diferenciales entre los tipos combinado e inatento = Executive functioning in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): An ecological perspective of the differential profiles between the combined and the inattentive types

“…La segunda etapa se desarrolla desde un punto de vista dimensional, en ella hemos realizado un análisis correlacional para determinar si existe o no relación entre la sintomatología del TDAH y las variables ecológicas sobre funcionamiento ejecutivo (puntuación en la escala BRIEF). En la primera etapa, de análisis categorial, utilizamos un análisis de varianza con la variable edad como covariante Hoza et al, 2004;Hoza, Pelham, Waschbusch, Kipp En relación con la segunda hipótesis (el grupo con TDAH de tipo inatento mostrará alteraciones en la capacidad de metacognición y el grupo con TDAH de tipo combinado lo hará tanto en la capacidad de metacognición como en la de regulación comportamental) se observaron diferencias signifi cativas entre ambos grupos con TDAH. Las diferencias entre estos dos grupos se dieron en las dimensiones de Inhibición y Control Emocional (incluidas en el Índice de Regulación Comportamental) y en la de Control (incluida en el Índice de Metacognición) así como en el propio Índice de Regulación Comportamental (IRC) y en la Composición Ejecutiva Global (CEG).…”