title: Interpersonal coping among boys with ADHD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors investigate self-reported coping with interpersonal stressors among boys with and without ADHD in two studies and provide initial evidence for effects of different subgroups of ADHD on coping in Study 2.
  
  
  METHODS
  In Study 1, 20 Austrian adolescents with ADHD were compared to 20 healthy controls. In Study 2, 44 German children and adolescents with ADHD (35 without and 9 with conduct disorders) were compared to 44 healthy controls matched by age and grade level, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Increased maladaptive coping was found in both studies. Study 2 revealed heightened maladaptive coping among both subgroups of ADHD, but the subgroup of ADHD with conduct disorders was more affected compared to healthy controls than the subgroup with ADHD alone.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest an impaired interpersonal coping style in ADHD and point to the potential benefit of stress management and social skills training for boys with ADHD. (
authors: Center of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. petra@uni-bremen.de
authors: Petra
authors: P
authors: Hampel
authors: Simone
authors: S
authors: Manhal
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Roos
authors: Christiane
authors: C
authors: Desman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology