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Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disordered and Control Boys' Responses to Social Success and Failure
Author(s) -
Hoza Betsy,
Waschbusch Daniel A.,
Pelham William E.,
Molina Brooke S. G.,
Milich Richard
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00155
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , attribution , context (archaeology) , self control , task (project management) , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , perception , attribution bias , clinical psychology , social psychology , paleontology , management , neuroscience , economics , biology
The behavioral, self‐evaluative, and attributional responses of 120 boys with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and 65 control boys to social success and failure were examined using a dyadic, laboratory get‐acquainted task employing child confederates. Objective coders rated boys with ADHD as less socially effective than controls in their interactions, but also as less frustrated and helpless. In terms of self‐evaluations, ADHD boys overwhelmingly rated their own performance more favorably than did controls and in some instances, these differences were more apparent following failure. The attributional pattern of ADHD and control boys differed in that ADHD boys were more likely than controls to attribute success to external, uncontrollable factors such as task ease and being lucky; controls, on the other hand, were more likely than ADHD boys to attribute initial failure to not having tried hard enough. Results are discussed in the context of existing literature documenting a positive illusory bias in ADHD boys' self‐perceptions.