ERIC Number: EJ985028
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Publication Date: 2012-Dec
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Co-Occurring Mental Health Problems and Peer Functioning among Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research
Becker, Stephen P.; Luebbe, Aaron M.; Langberg, Joshua M.
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, v15 n4 p279-302 Dec 2012
It is well established that children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently experience co-occurring mental health problems in addition to difficulties in their peer relationships. Although substantial research has focused on the extent to which peer functioning contributes to subsequent co-occurring mental health problems, much less research has considered how co-occurring mental health problems affect peer functioning domains. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to examine the effect of co-occurring mental health problems on the peer functioning of youth with ADHD. The impact of co-occurring externalizing (i.e., oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder) and internalizing (i.e., anxiety, depression) symptoms are reviewed, with a focus on whether these co-occurring symptoms exacerbate, attenuate, or have no effect across peer domains of social skills/competence, peer status, and friendship among youth with ADHD. Drawing from a developmental psychopathology framework, this review then draws attention to relevant causal processes and developmental cascades (including social-cognitive, affective, and family and parenting factors) in offering promising avenues for future work.
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Comorbidity, Mental Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Behavior Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Interpersonal Competence, Friendship, Social Cognition, Affective Behavior, Parenting Styles, Attribution Theory, Family Relationship, Research Needs
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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