ERIC Number: EJ804385
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 11
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Attributional Styles and Psychosocial Functioning of Adults with ADHD: Practice Issues and Gender Differences
Rucklidge, Julia; Brown, Deborah; Crawford, Susan; Kaplan, Bonnie
Journal of Attention Disorders, v10 n3 p288-298 2007
Objective: This study investigates attributional styles and psychosocial functioning of men and women with ADHD identified in adulthood to inform practice issues. Method: One hundred and eighty adults participate: 52 females with ADHD, 37 males with ADHD, 51 female controls, and 40 male controls are administered questionnaires broadly assessing attributional style and psychosocial functioning. Results: The ADHD groups report more depression and anxiety, greater childhood dissatisfaction, a more external locus of control and lower self-esteem, and being more likely to be classified with a maladaptive attributional style than controls. No specific gender differences are noted in the ADHD groups, although a few overall gender differences emerge, with males reporting lower self-esteem, a more external locus of control, and more dissatisfaction in childhood than females. Conclusion: Consistent with other research, ADHD participants, regardless of gender, are struggling significantly with psychosocial functioning. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Females, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Males, Attention Deficit Disorders, Individual Development, Hyperactivity, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adults, Self Esteem, Anxiety, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Competence, Questionnaires, Attribution Theory
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