TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Risk and protective factors for peer victimization in adolescents with ADHD JO - Journal of school violence A1 - Monopoli, W. John A1 - Margherio, Samantha M. A1 - Evans, Steven W. A1 - Xiang, Joe A1 - Brickner, Megan A. A1 - Langberg, Joshua M. SP - 234 EP - 247 VL - 19 IS - 2 N2 - Youth with ADHD are more at-risk for peer victimization than their typically developing peers, and may not be benefiting from current interventions. Thus, we sought to examine risk (i.e., anxiety, depression, and forms of aggression) and protective (i.e., social skills and social acceptance) factors for peer victimization in this group. Participants were 123 young adolescents diagnosed with ADHD, who were attending grades six through eight. We found that relational aggression (i.e., excluding others from activities) and anxiety symptoms were among the strongest risk factors for victimization. Anxiety symptoms were associated with victimization over and above depressive symptoms. Social acceptance buffered risk conferred by the risk factors. Future work is needed to investigate the degree to which the relations among internalizing symptoms and victimization differ in youth with ADHD relative to typically developing youth, and assess causality of the relations.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1538-8220 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2019.1660181 ID - ref1 ER -