TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Does childhood positive self-perceptual bias mediate adolescent risky behavior in youth from the MTA study?
JO  - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
A1  - Hoza, Betsy
A1  - McQuade, Julia D.
A1  - Murray-Close, Dianna
A1  - Shoulberg, Erin
A1  - Molina, Brooke S. G.
A1  - Arnold, L. Eugene
A1  - Swanson, James M.
A1  - Hechtman, Lily
SP  - 846
EP  - 858
VL  - 81
IS  - 5
N2  - 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).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-006X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0033536
ID  - ref1
ER  -