TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Self-perceived bullying victimization in pre-adolescent schoolchildren with ADHD
JO  - Psicothema
A1  - Voltas, Núria
A1  - Morales-Hidalgo, Paula
A1  - Hernández-Martínez, Carmen
A1  - Canals-Sans, Josefa
SP  - 351
EP  - 363
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Bullying is highly prevalent among children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study investigates self-perceived bullying victimization and related sociodemographic, psychopathological, cognitive, and academic characteristics in pre-adolescents with ADHD compared to controls. <br><br>METHOD: The participants were 424 pre-adolescents, 138 of whom had ADHD. Self-perceived bullying victimization was assessed with the Bullying and School Violence questionnaire. This study is part of a larger double-phase epidemiologic cross-sectional study. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 35% of the ADHD pre-adolescents self-reported bullying victimization. ADHD-combined presentation showed the highest prevalence of co-occurring self-perceived bullying victimization. After the effects of socioeconomic level, gender, place of birth, intelligence quotient and autism had been controlled, we observed that presenting ADHD increased the likelihood of self-perceived bullying victimization almost 3-fold. Having ADHD and self-perceived bullying victimization were significantly associated with higher rates of the co-occurrence of internalizing and externalizing psychological problems. Comorbidity with ASD was higher in ADHD + bullying cases. Pre-adolescents with ADHD had lower cognitive scores and worse academic outcomes regardless of whether they were being bullied or not. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In bullying prevention and intervention, special attention should be paid to ADHD as a vulnerability factor for self-perceived victimization, with negative consequences for emotional well-being and behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-9915
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2022.360
ID  - ref1
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