What Predicts Life Satisfaction in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?A Study from Parent and Child/ Adolescent Perspectives

  1. Trinidad García 1
  2. Estrella Fernández 1
  3. Miriam Villalba-Salio 1
  4. Débora Areces 1
  5. Celestino Rodríguez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 24

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/SJP.2021.11 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Resumen

The aim of this study was to analyze life satisfaction in a sample of 70 children and adolescents (M= 12.21, SD = 2.85) with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to parents’ and children’s/adolescents’ reports. In addition, we examined the influence of a series of child/adolescent variables (ADHD presentation, and Conduct Disorder (CD) symptoms, age, gender, and pharmacological support status) on their levels of life satisfaction. Results indicated moderate correlations between children’s/adolescents’ and parents’ perceptions of life satisfaction (r = .40; p < .01), with school being the area with the lowest levels of satisfaction. Also, 44.3% of the sample of parents reported that ADHD drastically interferes negatively in this context. Examining the effects of child/adolescent variables, only the variables age and CD symptoms generated statistically significant differences, showing that as children/adolescents grow up and/or present associate symptoms of CD, perceptions of life satisfaction tend to be more negative. These variables explained 34.5% of the variance of a composite score of life satisfaction, demonstrating a negative effect over the dependent variable. These results might have important implications for diagnosis and intervention in ADHD, as they highlight the relevance of considering life satisfaction as an important aspect to consider in both processes. Further studies must look more deeply into the mechanisms that explain these findings.

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