Social Functioning and Emotional Regulation in the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Subtypes
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 29 (1) , 30-42
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp2901_4
Abstract
Compared 16 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined type (ADHD-C), 14 children with ADHD predominantly inattentive type (ADHD-I), and 17 controls on parent and teacher ratings of social status and performance, self-report of social knowledge and performance, and observations of behavior on an emotional regulation task. Analyses revealed distinct patterns of social dysfunction between ADHD subgroups. Children with ADHD-C were rated as showing more aggressive behavior; furthermore, they displayed emotional dysregulation characterized by high intensity and high levels of both positive and negative behavior. In contrast, children with ADHD-I were perceived as displaying social passivity and showed deficits in social knowledge on the self-report measure but did not evidence problems in emotional regulation. Regression analyses revealed that social performance, emotional regulation, and, to a lesser degree, social knowledge, were predictive of social status. The application of the...Keywords
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