TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Information Processing of Positive and Negative Hypothetical Events in Children With ADHD and Conduct Problems and Controls
AU - Andrade, Brendan F.
AU - Waschbusch, Daniel A.
AU - Doucet, Amelie
AU - King, Sara
AU - MacKinnon, Maura
AU - McGrath, Patrick J.
AU - Stewart, Sherry H.
AU - Corkum, Penny
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: This research was conducted as part of the first author’s doctoral dissertation and was partially supported by grants from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the IWK Health Centre.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Objective: This study examined social information processing (SIP) of events with varied outcomes in children with ADHD and conduct problems (CPs; defined as oppositional defiant disorder [ODD] or conduct disorder [CD]) and controls. Method: Participants were 64 children (46 boys, 18 girls) aged 6 to 12, including 39 with ADHD and 25 controls. Vignettes were developed that systematically varied with regard to peer intention (ambiguous, negative, positive) and event outcome (ambiguous, negative, positive), and were used to evaluate participants' SIP abilities (cue encoding, interpretation, and response generation). Results: Results showed that, after controlling for CPs, children with ADHD detected fewer positive, negative, and neutral cues; attributed more negative and less positive intent to peers; focused less on situational outcomes of vignettes; and generated fewer positive responses compared with the control group. Conclusion: These results indicate that children with ADHD differ from non-ADHD children, even after controlling for CPs, in how they process positive and negative social experiences. (J. of Att. Dis. 2012; 16(6) 491-504).
AB - Objective: This study examined social information processing (SIP) of events with varied outcomes in children with ADHD and conduct problems (CPs; defined as oppositional defiant disorder [ODD] or conduct disorder [CD]) and controls. Method: Participants were 64 children (46 boys, 18 girls) aged 6 to 12, including 39 with ADHD and 25 controls. Vignettes were developed that systematically varied with regard to peer intention (ambiguous, negative, positive) and event outcome (ambiguous, negative, positive), and were used to evaluate participants' SIP abilities (cue encoding, interpretation, and response generation). Results: Results showed that, after controlling for CPs, children with ADHD detected fewer positive, negative, and neutral cues; attributed more negative and less positive intent to peers; focused less on situational outcomes of vignettes; and generated fewer positive responses compared with the control group. Conclusion: These results indicate that children with ADHD differ from non-ADHD children, even after controlling for CPs, in how they process positive and negative social experiences. (J. of Att. Dis. 2012; 16(6) 491-504).
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U2 - 10.1177/1087054711401346
DO - 10.1177/1087054711401346
M3 - Article
C2 - 21490172
AN - SCOPUS:84863583845
SN - 1087-0547
VL - 16
SP - 491
EP - 504
JO - Journal of Attention Disorders
JF - Journal of Attention Disorders
IS - 6
ER -