Rejection Sensitivity and Social Outcomes of Young Adult Men with ADHD

Autor/inn/en	Canu, Will H.; Carlson, Caryn L.
Titel	Rejection Sensitivity and Social Outcomes of Young Adult Men with ADHD
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 10 (2007) 3, S.261-275 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054706288106
Schlagwörter	Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Disorders; Questionnaires; Young Adults; Adjustment (to Environment); Rejection (Psychology); Males; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Interpersonal Relationship; Social Adjustment; Personality Traits; Self Esteem; Dating (Social); Peer Relationship; Sexuality; Intimacy; College Students; Beck Anxiety Inventory; Beck Depression Inventory; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hyperaktivität; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Fragebogen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ablehnung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Soziale Anpassung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Peer-Beziehungen; Sexualität; Intimität; Collegestudent
Abstract	Objective: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been consistently linked to social maladjustment. This study investigated whether elevated rejection sensitivity (RS) could contribute to the relational problems that adults with ADHD encounter. Method: Undergraduate men in ADHD-Combined Type (ADHD-C; n = 31), ADHD-Primarily Inattentive Type (ADHD-IA; n = 22), and nondiagnosed control (NC; n = 25) groups completed questionnaires concerning RS, relational history, current relationships, and self-esteem. Results: The hypothesis that those with ADHD would have elevated RS (versus NC peers) was not supported. However, low RS predicted divergent outcomes across groups. Furthermore, ADHD-IA men reported more negative relational outcomes than their ADHD-C peers, although both groups reported lower general self-esteem than controls. Conclusion: Perhaps the positive illusory bias associated with childhood ADHD could buffer RS development. Findings provide evidence of ADHD-related impairment in adult relationships, further differentiate the principal ADHD subtypes, and extend the RS literature to this clinical population. (Contains 5 tables, 3 figures, and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10