Positive Illusory Bias Still Illusory? Investigating Discrepant Self-Perceptions in Girls with ADHD.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether girls with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) demonstrate positive illusory self-perceptions during adolescence and young adulthood.

Methods

We tested, across a 5-year longitudinal span, whether self-perceptions versus external-source ratings were more strongly predictive of young adulthood impairment and depressive symptoms. Participants included an ethnically diverse sample of 140 girls with ADHD and 88 comparison girls, aged 11-18 years (M = 14.2) at adolescent and 19-24 years (M = 19.6) at young adult assessment.

Results

Although girls with ADHD rated themselves more positively than indicated by external ratings, their self-reports still did not differ significantly from external ratings in both scholastic competence and s

SUBMITTER: Tu JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967872 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature