1University of Vermont, Burlington, USA.
J Atten Disord. 2014 Jan;18(1):31-43. doi: 10.1177/1087054712437582. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
This study extends previous research and examined if the longitudinal relation between self-perceived social acceptance and changes in adjustment was moderated by peer status and ADHD diagnosis.
A sample of children with ADHD and a normative comparison group (age 8-13 years) were assessed at baseline and one-year follow-up. Self-perceived social acceptance, peer status, and three areas of adjustment (depression symptoms, aggression/conduct problems, and social skills) were measured.
Moderation was found when predicting depression symptoms and aggression/conduct problems. Specifically, in children with ADHD only, higher perceived social acceptance protected against increases in depression symptoms for those with lower peer preference, but predicted greater aggression/conduct problems for those with higher peer preference. There was not evidence of significant moderation for predicting social skills; instead non-ADHD status, greater peer preference, and greater self-perceived social acceptance were each predictive of greater social skills.
Results highlight the complex association between positive social self-perceptions and adjustment for children with ADHD and caution against a universal assumption that high self-perceptions are adaptive.
本研究扩展了先前的研究，考察了自我感知的社会接纳与适应变化之间的纵向关系是否受到同伴地位和 ADHD 诊断的调节。
对 ADHD 儿童和正常对照组（8-13 岁）进行了基线和一年随访评估。测量了自我感知的社会接纳、同伴地位以及三个适应领域（抑郁症状、攻击/行为问题和社交技能）。
在预测抑郁症状和攻击/行为问题时发现了调节作用。具体来说，仅在 ADHD 儿童中，对于同伴偏好较低的儿童，较高的感知社会接纳可以预防抑郁症状的增加，但对于同伴偏好较高的儿童，则预示着更大的攻击/行为问题。对于预测社交技能，没有证据表明存在显著的调节作用；相反，非 ADHD 状态、较高的同伴偏好和较高的自我感知社会接纳都与较大的社交技能相关。
研究结果突出了 ADHD 儿童积极的自我社会认知与适应之间的复杂关系，并告诫不要普遍假设高自我认知是适应性的。
