The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Several recent studies confirmed that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a negative influence on peer relationship and quality of life in children. The aim of the current study is to investigate the association between prosocial behaviour, peer relationships and quality of life in t...

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Main Authors: Szabina Velő, Ágnes Keresztény, Gyöngyvér Ferenczi-Dallos, Luca Pump, Katalin Móra, Judit Balázs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
prosocial behaviour
peer relationships
quality of life
ADHD
comorbidity
externalizing disorders
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/4/475
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spelling doaj-e4b0096586cd4b228b7418302ded496d2021-04-09T23:00:12ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-04-011147547510.3390/brainsci11040475The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderSzabina Velő0Ágnes Keresztény1Gyöngyvér Ferenczi-Dallos2Luca Pump3Katalin Móra4Judit Balázs5Doctoral School of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, HungaryDoctoral School of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, HungarySeveral recent studies confirmed that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a negative influence on peer relationship and quality of life in children. The aim of the current study is to investigate the association between prosocial behaviour, peer relationships and quality of life in treatment naïve ADHD samples. The samples included 79 children with ADHD (64 boys and 15 girls, mean age = 10.24 years, SD = 2.51) and 54 healthy control children (30 boys and 23 girls, mean age = 9.66 years, SD = 1.73). Measurements included: The “Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview Kid; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire” and the “Inventar zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen”. The ADHD group showed significantly lower levels of prosocial behaviour and more problems with peer relationships than the control group. Prosocial behaviour has a weak positive correlation with the rating of the child’s quality of life by the parents, both in the ADHD group and in the control group. The rating of quality of life and peer relationship problems by the parents also showed a significant negative moderate association in both groups. The rating of quality of life by the child showed a significant negative weak relationship with peer relationships in the ADHD group, but no significant relationship was found in the control group. Children with ADHD and comorbid externalizing disorders showed more problems in peer relationships than ADHD without comorbid externalizing disorders. Based on these results, we conclude that therapy for ADHD focused on improvement of prosocial behaviour and peer relationships as well as comorbid externalizing disorders could have a favourable effect on the quality of life of these children.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/4/475prosocial behaviourpeer relationshipsquality of lifeADHDcomorbidityexternalizing disorders
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author Szabina Velő
Ágnes Keresztény
Gyöngyvér Ferenczi-Dallos
Luca Pump
Katalin Móra
Judit Balázs
spellingShingle Szabina Velő
Ágnes Keresztény
Gyöngyvér Ferenczi-Dallos
Luca Pump
Katalin Móra
Judit Balázs
The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Brain Sciences
prosocial behaviour
peer relationships
quality of life
ADHD
comorbidity
externalizing disorders
author_facet Szabina Velő
Ágnes Keresztény
Gyöngyvér Ferenczi-Dallos
Luca Pump
Katalin Móra
Judit Balázs
author_sort Szabina Velő
title The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_short The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_full The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_fullStr The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_full_unstemmed The Association between Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Relationships with Comorbid Externalizing Disorders and Quality of Life in Treatment-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_sort association between prosocial behaviour and peer relationships with comorbid externalizing disorders and quality of life in treatment-naïve children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
publisher MDPI AG
series Brain Sciences
issn 2076-3425
publishDate 2021-04-01
description Several recent studies confirmed that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a negative influence on peer relationship and quality of life in children. The aim of the current study is to investigate the association between prosocial behaviour, peer relationships and quality of life in treatment naïve ADHD samples. The samples included 79 children with ADHD (64 boys and 15 girls, mean age = 10.24 years, SD = 2.51) and 54 healthy control children (30 boys and 23 girls, mean age = 9.66 years, SD = 1.73). Measurements included: The “Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview Kid; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire” and the “Inventar zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen”. The ADHD group showed significantly lower levels of prosocial behaviour and more problems with peer relationships than the control group. Prosocial behaviour has a weak positive correlation with the rating of the child’s quality of life by the parents, both in the ADHD group and in the control group. The rating of quality of life and peer relationship problems by the parents also showed a significant negative moderate association in both groups. The rating of quality of life by the child showed a significant negative weak relationship with peer relationships in the ADHD group, but no significant relationship was found in the control group. Children with ADHD and comorbid externalizing disorders showed more problems in peer relationships than ADHD without comorbid externalizing disorders. Based on these results, we conclude that therapy for ADHD focused on improvement of prosocial behaviour and peer relationships as well as comorbid externalizing disorders could have a favourable effect on the quality of life of these children.
topic prosocial behaviour
peer relationships
quality of life
ADHD
comorbidity
externalizing disorders
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/4/475
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