Social Skills Deficits in a Virtual Environment Among Spanish Children With ADHD
| Autor: | Pilar Jara-Jiménez, Rosa García-Castellar, Amori Yee Mikami, Desirée Sánchez-Chiva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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050103 clinical psychology education Intelligence Chat Room Task computer.software_genre behavioral disciplines and activities Peer Group Developmental psychology Social Skills cross-cultural Social skills social skills Developmental and Educational Psychology ADHD Cross-cultural Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Communication 05 social sciences Hispanic or Latino Clinical Psychology Work (electrical) Spain Virtual machine Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Social competence Female Psychology Comprehension computer 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of attention disorders. 22(8) |
| ISSN: | 1557-1246 |
| Popis: | Research assessing the social skills of children with ADHD has predominantly relied upon North American samples. In addition, most existing work has been conducted using methodology that fails to use a controlled peer stimulus; such methods may be more vulnerable to cultural influence. Method: We examined the social skills of 52 Spanish children (ages 8-12) with and without ADHD using a controlled Chat Room Task, which simulates a virtual social environment where peers’ responses are held constant, so that participants’ social skills may be assessed. Results: After statistical control of typing and reading comprehension skills, Spanish children with ADHD gave fewer prosocial comments and had greater difficulty remembering central details from the conversation between the peers, relative to comparison children. Conclusion: The virtual Chat Room Task may be useful to assess social skills deficits using a controlled paradigm, resulting in the identification of common social deficiencies cross-culturally. This research was supported in part by PSI2008 06121/PSIC from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
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