Attributional Styles and Psychosocial Functioning of Adults with ADHD: Practice Issues and Gender Differences

Autor/inn/en	Rucklidge, Julia; Brown, Deborah; Crawford, Susan; Kaplan, Bonnie
Titel	Attributional Styles and Psychosocial Functioning of Adults with ADHD: Practice Issues and Gender Differences
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 10 (2007) 3, S.288-298 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054706289942
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; Females; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Attention Deficit Disorders; Individual Development; Hyperactivity; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Adults; Self Esteem; Anxiety; Personality Traits; Psychological Patterns; Interpersonal Competence; Questionnaires; Attribution Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Hyperaktivität; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Angst; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Fragebogen
Abstract	Objective: This study investigates attributional styles and psychosocial functioning of men and women with ADHD identified in adulthood to inform practice issues. Method: One hundred and eighty adults participate: 52 females with ADHD, 37 males with ADHD, 51 female controls, and 40 male controls are administered questionnaires broadly assessing attributional style and psychosocial functioning. Results: The ADHD groups report more depression and anxiety, greater childhood dissatisfaction, a more external locus of control and lower self-esteem, and being more likely to be classified with a maladaptive attributional style than controls. No specific gender differences are noted in the ADHD groups, although a few overall gender differences emerge, with males reporting lower self-esteem, a more external locus of control, and more dissatisfaction in childhood than females. Conclusion: Consistent with other research, ADHD participants, regardless of gender, are struggling significantly with psychosocial functioning. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10