Cross-Setting Correspondence in Sociometric Nominations Among Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Article

Mikami, AY, Hoza, B, Hinshaw, SP et al. (2015). Cross-Setting Correspondence in Sociometric Nominations Among Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder . JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, 23(1), 52-64. 10.1177/1063426613518244

cited authors

  • Mikami, AY; Hoza, B; Hinshaw, SP; Arnold, LE; Hechtman, L; Pelham, WE

abstract

  • Peer problems are common among children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). However, the extent to which children’s peer functioning varies across settings is unknown, as is the incremental power of peer functioning in different settings in predicting subsequent psychopathology. Participants were 57 children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who had peer sociometric nominations collected in general education classrooms and a Summer Treatment Program (STP) with all-EBD peers. Significant, small-to-medium correlations existed between nomination rates across settings. Lower rates of STP positive nominations and higher rates of STP negative nominations (but not classroom nominations) predicted exacerbated self-reported depression and antisocial behavior 1 year later. Lower rates of STP positive nominations, but higher rates of classroom positive nominations, predicted increased self-reported depression 2 years later. For children with high rates of classroom positive nominations, higher rates of STP positive nominations predicted reduced parent-reported internalizing behavior 1 year later. For children with low rates of classroom negative nominations, higher rates of STP negative nominations predicted increased teacher-reported externalizing behavior 1 year later and self-reported depression 2 years later. Results suggest that sociometric nominations collected within an EBD peer group may have stronger predictive power for later adjustment than nominations collected in a mainstream classroom.

publication date

  • March 17, 2015

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 52

end page

  • 64

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 1