Citation

Hoza B, Pelham WE, Dobbs J, Owens JS, Pillow DR. J. Abnorm. Psychol. 2002; 111(2): 268-278.

Affiliation

Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1364, USA. blaze@psych.purdue.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12004833

Abstract

One hundred ninety-five boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were compared with 73 comparison boys (M = 9.83 years, SD = 1.30) on self-perceptions relative to a teacher-rated criterion. Emphasis was placed on ADHD subgroup comparisons according to level of aggression, academic achievement, and depression compared with control boys. Consistent with the authors' prediction, ADHD boys overestimated relative to teacher report, more than did controls, in the scholastic competence, social acceptance, and behavioral conduct domains. Examination of discrepancy scores (child rating - teacher rating) by comorbidity subgroups suggested that aggressive and low-achieving ADHD boys tended to overestimate their competence the most in the domains in which they were the most impaired. Results are discussed in terms of prior literature on "positive illusions" in ADHD children.

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