Bullying Victimization and Perpetration and Their Correlates in Adolescents Clinically Diagnosed With ADHD

Abstract

A high proportion of adolescents with ADHD are involved in bullying. Multiple factors are associated with bullying involvement in adolescents with ADHD.

Rates of peer victimization in young adolescents with ADHD and associations with internalizing symptoms and self-esteem

“…Previous studies of peer victimization in youth with ADHD have reported prevalence rates ranging from 19% to 43% [9,11,12]. In the current study, 57% of participants reported experiencing at least one victimization behavior at a rate of at least once per week.…”

“…In line with research linking ADHD to higher rates of peer rejection [1], studies have found that youth with ADHD experience higher rates of victimization than their peers [9,10]. For instance, Twyman et al [11] found that 29% of youth with ADHD (ages 8–17 years) reported experiencing elevated rates of peer victimization, in contrast to 9% of youth without a psychiatric diagnosis.…”

“…In a sample of 287 Taiwanese adolescents diagnosed with ADHD, 19% reported experiencing relational victimization whereas 6% reported experiencing physical and verbal victimization [9]. Similarly, Sciberras et al [29] reported higher relational victimization scores than physical victimization scores across both self- and parent-report in a sample of female adolescents with ADHD.…”

“…In addition, we examined the association between victimization and internalizing problems in a sample of middle school students with ADHD since it is during middle school that both direct and indirect forms of victimization peak [26]. We hypothesized that both male and female adolescents with ADHD would report experiencing relational or reputational victimization more frequently than physical victimization, and that males would report experiencing more physical victimization than females but similar rates of relational and reputational victimization [9,29]. Based on findings in normative samples [19,20,23], we also hypothesized that relational victimization would be more strongly associated than physical or reputational victimization with internalizing problems.…”

“You cannot commit suicide!” A case report

“…[3] Klini¤e gelen olgumuzda oldu¤u gibi DEHB olan çocuk veya ergenlerde, özellikle de davranım bozuklu¤u elik etmiyorsa, arkadaları tarafından u¤radıkları zorbalık davranıları kendileri ya da ebeveynleri tarafından dile getirilse de bu davranılar DEHB belirtileri olarak ele alınabilmektedir. Nitekim Chou ve ark.nın [9] 287 DEHB olan ergen ile yaptıkları çalımada; olguların %14.6'sının akran zorbalı¤ı yaptı¤ı, %5.6'sının da kurban oldu¤u, %8.4'ünün hem kurban hem de uygulayan oldu¤u bildirilmitir. Dikkat eksikli¤i hiperaktivite bozuklu¤u olan çocukların %13'ünün akran zorbalı¤ı kurbanı oldu¤u özellikle vurgulanmalıdır.…”