[The sociometric status of children with the combined subtype of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder].
BACKGROUND
Different studies show that one of the most important problem associate with ADHD combined subtype is the difficulty to establish appropriate social relationships, being rejected by their schoolmates.


OBJECTIVE
To study interactions of children with ADHD-C at school; specifically the sociometric status and the features of rejected children compared with non rejected children.


METHODS
23 ADHD-C children from 20 primary schools (2nd to 5th degree) of Castellon were examined, using sociometric tasks and behaviour scales for parents and teachers.


RESULTS
Sociometric tasks show that the ADHD-C children were preponderantly rejected by their schoolmates, and the reasons of this rejection were disruptive and antisocial behaviour. Furthermore, rejected children weren't aware of this fact.


CONCLUSIONS
Our findings established the severity of social problems in this children al school.
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva, Educativa, Social y Metodología, Universitat Jaume I. Castellón, España. gcastell@psi.uji.es
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García-Castellar
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Presentación-Herrero
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Siegenthaler-Hierro
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Miranda-Casas
D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012963:Sociometric Techniques