Citation

Hoza B, McQuade JD, Murray-Close D, Shoulberg E, Molina BS, Arnold LE, Swanson JM, Hechtman L. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2013; 81(5): 846-858.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0033536

PMID

23834228

Abstract

Objective: This study's primary aim was to examine whether the positive self-perceptual bias present in many youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; Hoza et al., 2004; Hoza, Pelham, Dobbs, Owens, & Pillow, 2002) mediates the relation of childhood ADHD status to later risky behaviors. Method: Using a subset of children with ADHD and comparison children (n = 645) from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD, we predicted that a positive bias in childhood would partially or fully mediate the relation between having ADHD and risky driving and sexual behaviors 8 years later. Results: Results strongly supported this hypothesis for risky driving behavior but only provided limited support for risky sexual behavior. Conclusions: Taken together, findings suggest that future research should explore whether self-perceptual bias may be a useful target of intervention for children with ADHD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

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