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Positive illusions in ADHD girls

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2011

We compared social self-competence ratings in 9 to 12 year old girls with (n=42) versus without (n=40) ADHD, relative to ratings of the girls’ social competence made by mothers, teachers, and blind raters duringa social laboratory task. Relative to scores from mothers, teachers, and the lab-task, girls with ADHD over-estimated their competence significantly more than control girls. Over-estimates were greater for girls with ADHD who also had heightened oppositional-defiant symptoms, or lower depressive symptoms. Over-estimates were positively related to a socially desirable reporting bias for girls with ADHD, but not for control girls, suggesting that girls with ADHD attempt to present themselves in an unduly positive, self-protective light. For girls with ADHD, over-estimates also were positively related to maladjustment and negatively related to adjustment. However, for girls without ADHD, over-estimates were positively related to adjustment. Overall, over-estimates of competence function differently in girls with and without ADHD.

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Ohan, J. L., & Johnston, C. (2011). Positive illusions of social competence in girls with and without ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 527-539.

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