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- Title
Is the Positive Illusory Bias Common in Young Adolescents with ADHD? A Fresh Look at Prevalence and Stability Using Latent Profile and Transition Analyses.
- Authors
Bourchtein, Elizaveta; Langberg, Joshua; Owens, Julie; Evans, Steven; Perera, Robert; Langberg, Joshua M; Owens, Julie S; Evans, Steven W; Perera, Robert A
- Abstract
The goal of this study was to use novel approaches that do not require the use of arbitrary cut-points (i.e., latent profile/transition analysis) to evaluate the prevalence and stability of the positive illusory bias (PIB) in young adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants were 326 middle-school students diagnosed with ADHD (Mage = 12.26 years, 71% male, 77% Caucasian). The Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) was completed by participants and their parents at baseline and again 12 and 18 months later. Cross-sectional results revealed four subgroups based on SPPC responses. Only a small subset (18.4%) of youth with ADHD exhibited a global PIB, across the behavioral, scholastic, and social domains, with an additional 29% displaying a PIB in the scholastic domain only. Additionally, average parent/adolescent-rated competence within each subgroup was in line with an objective measure of scholastic competence (i.e., grades). When examined longitudinally, only a PIB in the social domain was stable across the 18-month study period and only for half of the sample. These findings suggest that the PIB is not ubiquitous in youth with ADHD, with many young adolescents rating themselves accurately relative to their parents and their grades. Further, when stability across time is considered, the PIB may be specific to social functioning, as opposed to a global, cross-domain phenomenon. Implications for the future measurement of the PIB are discussed.
- Subjects
ADOLESCENT psychopathology; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; LATENT class analysis (Statistics); CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); SOCIAL skills testing; BEHAVIORAL assessment; PERCEPTUAL illusions; LONGITUDINAL method; SENSORY perception; RESEARCH funding; SELF-perception; DISEASE prevalence; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2017, Vol 45, Issue 6, p1063
- ISSN
0091-0627
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10802-016-0248-3