The social worlds of hyperactive (ADDH) children

Whalen, Carol K.; Henker, Barbara

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“…They are also in line with previous findings indicating that children and adolescents with ADHD may better like peers who exhibit more disruptive behaviours and engage in deviant activities (e.g., Bagwell, Schmidt et al, 2001;Marshal et al, 2003;Whalen & Henker, 1985). Different reasons may explain why children with ADHD tend to befriend other children with disruptive behaviour problems.…”

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“…While some researchers have not found that children with ADHD tend to choose other disliked peers as friends , others did. Whalen and Henker (1985) found that the peers nominated most often as "liked" by children with ADHD were also more likely to receive ratings of "causes trouble" from their classmates. Preliminary evidence suggests that girls with ADHD are more likely to befriend other girls with ADHD than comparison girls (Blachman & Hinshaw, 2002).…”

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“…Some authors have described children with ADHD as "negative social catalysts" because of the negative social behaviours that they elicit from their peers (Whalen & Henker, 1985). While some researchers have not found that children with ADHD tend to choose other disliked peers as friends , others did.…”

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How Do Children with ADHD (Mis)manage Their Real-Life Dyadic Friendships? A Multi-Method Investigation

Normand

Schneider

Lee

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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This multi-method study provides detailed information about the friendships of 87 children with ADHD (77.0% boys) and 46 comparison children (73.9% boys) between the ages of 7 and 13.The methods used in the study included parent and teacher ratings, self-report measures, and direct observation of friends' dyadic behaviours in three structured analogue tasks. Results indicated that, in contrast with comparison children, children with ADHD had friends with high levels of ADHD and oppositional symptoms; they perceived fewer positive features and more negative features, and were less satisfied in their friendships. Observational data indicated that children with ADHD performed both more legal and more illegal manoeuvres than comparison children in a fast-paced competitive game. While negotiating with their friends, children with ADHD made more insensitive and self-centred proposals than comparison children. In dyads consisting of one child with ADHD and one typically developing child, children with ADHD were often more controlling than their non-diagnosed friends. Globally, these results were robust and did not seem to be affected by age differences, ADHD subtypes, comorbidities, and medication status. Given the increased recognition of ADHD in adolescence and adulthood as well as the fact that negative peer reputation in childhood very strongly predicts mental-health status by early adulthood, this research may lead to the discovery of meaningful ways to help people with ADHD achieve improved mental health and happiness over their lifespan.Friendship Interactions of Children with ADHD 1

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How Do Children with ADHD (Mis)manage Their Real-Life Dyadic Friendships? A Multi-Method Investigation

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Lee

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…Johnston, Pelham, & Murphy, 1985;Pelham & Bender, 1982;Whalen & Henker, 1985) that ADHD is associated with significant problems in peer relationships. Indeed, it has long been known that children with ADHD are often socially rejected, receiving fewer positive and more negative nominations than comparison groups in classroom sociometric studies (C. Johnston et al, 1985).…”

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Childhood ADHD and Adolescent Substance Use: An Examination of Deviant Peer Group Affiliation as a Risk Factor.

Marshal¹,

Molina²,

Pelham³

2003

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Deviant peer group affiliation was evaluated as a risk factor for substance use in adolescents with childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Results showed that deviant peer affiliation mediated the relationship between ADHD and substance use, suggesting that children with ADHD are more likely than children without ADHD to become involved with deviant peers and, as a result, more likely to use substances. Moreover, the relationship between deviant peer affiliation and substance use was stronger for adolescents with ADHD, suggesting that once they are immersed in a deviant peer group, adolescents with ADHD are more vulnerable to the negative social influences of that group. This study is the first step in identifying high-risk pathways from childhood ADHD to substance use in adolescence.Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a persistent and pervasive mental health problem that first appears in childhood and comprises two primary symptom domains: (a) inattention and (b) impulsivity-hyperactivity (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Several decades of research have shown that clinically significant levels of ADHD symptoms interfere with academic and social functioning (Barkley, 1998). Indeed, children with ADHD-especially boys, who are six to nine times more likely than girls to have ADHD in clinic-referred settings-experience impairment in many areas of functioning that may cause significant adjustment problems later in life. For example, a recent review concluded that childhood ADHD continues to be a risk factor for academic, behavioral, and social functioning difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood (see Mannuzza & Klein, 1999).Within the domain of possible adverse behavioral outcomes for children with ADHD is early use of drugs and alcohol. Although there is controversy surrounding the magnitude and cause of the effect, children who are clinic referred for ADHD appear to be at risk for early substance use. For example, adolescents with childhood hyperactivity more often reported cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use than did control participants (Barkley, Fischer, Edelbrock, & Smallish, 1990), although the alcohol and marijuana group differences were Gittelman, Mannuzza, Shenker, and Bonagura (1985) reported more drug use disorders in their late adolescent males with childhood hyperactivity than in boys without childhood hyperactivity. With some exceptions for tobacco (Burke, Loeber, & Lahey, 2001;Milberger et al., 1997), substance use by adolescents with childhood ADHD is strongly associated with the development of conduct problems in these same individuals (Barkley et al., 1990;Gittelman et al., 1985). This result is not surprising given the robust, although imperfect, association between the two behavioral domains of substance use and conduct problems (Mason & Windle, 2002). The important, potentially mediating role of conduct problems is also consistent with theoretical models of early-onset alcoholism common among males (Sher, 1991;Zucker, Ellis, & Fitzge...

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“…In other words, if children experience strong negative emotions and can not sufficiently modulate their emotion and its' expression, they are more likely to behave in inappropriate ways by externalizing their negative emotions (Eisenberg, et al, 2001;Lemery, Essex, & Smider, 2002). Supportive of this view, researchers have found that children with AD/HD display social behavior that is described as disruptive, controlling, trouble-making, and frequently aggressive Pelham & Bender, 1982;Whalen & Henker, 1985). The primary features of AD/HD combined with aggression often interfere negatively with an individual's ability to interact effectively with peers, family members, and others.…”

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A Comparison of Problem Behavior Profiles in Turkish Children with AD/HD and non-AD/HD Children

Özdemir

2017

EJREP

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The social worlds of hyperactive (ADDH) children

Cited by 176 publications

References 80 publications

How Do Children with ADHD (Mis)manage Their Real-Life Dyadic Friendships? A Multi-Method Investigation

How Do Children with ADHD (Mis)manage Their Real-Life Dyadic Friendships? A Multi-Method Investigation

Childhood ADHD and Adolescent Substance Use: An Examination of Deviant Peer Group Affiliation as a Risk Factor.

A Comparison of Problem Behavior Profiles in Turkish Children with AD/HD and non-AD/HD Children

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