Are There Resilient Children with ADHD?

Overview

Journal J Atten Disord

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2021 Jun 25

PMID 34167380

Citations 7

Authors

Elizabeth S M Chan

Nicole B Groves

Carolyn L Marsh

Caroline E Miller

Kijana P Richmond

Michael J Kofler

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objective: The adverse outcomes associated with ADHD are well known, but less is known about the minority of children with ADHD who may be flourishing despite this neurodevelopmental risk. The present multi-informant study is an initial step in this direction with the basic but unanswered question:

Method: Reliable change analysis of the BASC-3 Resiliency subscale for a clinically evaluated sample of 206 children with and without ADHD (ages 8-13; 81 girls; 66.5% White/Non-Hispanic).

Results: Most children with ADHD are perceived by their parents and teachers as resilient (52.8%-59.2%), with rates that did not differ from the comorbidity-matched Non-ADHD sample.

Conclusion: Exploratory analyses highlighted the importance of identifying factors that promote resilience for children with ADHD specifically, such that some child characteristics were promotive (associated with resilience for both groups), some were protective (associated with resilience only for children with ADHD), and some were beneficial only for children without ADHD.

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