title: Behaviors associated with negative affect in the friendships of children with ADHD: An exploratory study.
abstract: Our objective was to identify behaviors and contextual situations associated with negative affect observed in the interactions of children with and without ADHD and their real-life friends. We expected negative affect to be linked to rule violations and disagreements about the choice of games. Loss of game was associated with episodes of negative affect in a structured game. Negative appraisal of friend's ability was most frequently associated with negative affect during unstructured free play. Comparison children expressed greater frustration regarding their own abilities, whereas children with ADHD commented more frequently about the inabilities of their friends.
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada; Institut de recherche de l'Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation psychosociale chez l'enfant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Normand
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Boston College, Massachussetts, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ambrosoli
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guiet
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Marie Michèle
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Soucisse
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Boston College, Massachussetts, USA; School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: schneibc@bc.edu.
authors.forename: Barry H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Clinique d'apprentissage spécialisée, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Formazione e Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tassi
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009341:Negativism; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: ADHD; Friendship; Negative affect