title: Prosocial skills may be necessary for better peer functioning in children with symptoms of disruptive behavior disorders.
abstract: Children with disruptive behavior disorders experience substantial social challenges; however, the factors that account for (i.e., mediate), or influence (i.e., moderate), peer problems are not well understood. This study tested whether symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder were associated with peer impairment and whether prosocial skills mediated or moderated these associations. Teacher ratings were gathered for 149 children (Mage = 9.09, SD = 1.71, 26% female) referred for behavioral concerns to an urban child psychiatry clinic. Path-analytic linear regressions testing mediation and moderation effects showed that prosocial skills significantly moderated the negative effects of symptoms of Conduct Disorder on peer impairment. Children showed less peer impairment only when they had relatively few conduct symptoms and high prosocial skills. Measurement of prosocial skills, in addition to conduct problems, may best capture factors which contribute to peer problems of children with disruptive behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Toronto, ON , Canada ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: Brendan F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Ontario Institutes for Studies in Education, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: Dillon T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.affiliation: Ontario Institutes for Studies in Education, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON , Canada ; Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, ON , Canada.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tannock
keywords: Conduct Disorder; Mediation; Moderation; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Peer problems; Prosocial skills
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