Author, as appears in the article.: Voltas, N; Morales-Hidalgo, P; Hernández-Martínez, C; Canals-Sans, J
Department: Pedagogia
URV's Author/s: Canals Sans, Josefa / Hernandez Martinez, Carmen / Morales Hidalgo, Paula / Voltas Moreso, Núria
Keywords: Pre-adolescents Early violence Bullying Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Adhd worldwide prevalence version validity schizophrenia pre-adolescents peer victimization early violence autism associations age-children-present adolescents adhd
Abstract: Background: Bullying is highly prevalent among children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study investigates self-perceived bullying victimization and related sociodemographic, psychopathological, cognitive, and academic characteristics in pre-adolescents with ADHD compared to controls. Method: The participants were 424 pre-adolescents, 138 of whom had ADHD. Self-perceived bullying victimization was assessed with the Bullying and School Violence questionnaire. This study is part of a larger double-phase epidemiologic cross-sectional study. Results: A total of 35% of the ADHD pre-adolescents self-reported bullying victimization. ADHD-combined presentation showed the highest prevalence of co-occurring self-perceived bullying victimization. After the effects of socioeconomic level, gender, place of birth, intelligence quotient and autism had been controlled, we observed that presenting ADHD increased the likelihood of self-perceived bullying victimization almost 3-fold. Having ADHD and self-perceived bullying victimization were significantly associated with higher rates of the co-occurrence of internalizing and externalizing psychological problems. Comorbidity with ASD was higher in ADHD + bullying cases. Pre-adolescents with ADHD had lower cognitive scores and worse academic outcomes regardless of whether they were being bullied or not. Conclusions: In bullying prevention and intervention, special attention should be paid to ADHD as a vulnerability factor for self-perceived victimization, with negative consequences for emotional well-being and behavior.
Thematic Areas: Serviço social Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Interdisciplinar General psychology Educação Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: paula.morales@urv.cat nuria.voltas@urv.cat carmen.hernandez@urv.cat josefa.canals@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-8855-0282 0000-0001-6328-8679 0000-0002-6209-9558
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.psicothema.com/pi?pii=4817
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Psicothema. 35 (4): 351-363
APA: Voltas, N; Morales-Hidalgo, P; Hernández-Martínez, C; Canals-Sans, J (2023). Self-Perceived Bullying Victimization in Pre-Adolescent Schoolchildren With ADHD. Psicothema, 35(4), 351-363. DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2022.360
Article's DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2022.360
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications