Social Information Processing of Positive and Negative Hypothetical Events in Children With ADHD and Conduct Problems and Controls

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 491-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan F. Andrade ◽  
Daniel A. Waschbusch ◽  
Amelie Doucet ◽  
Sara King ◽  
Maura MacKinnon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
Oppositional Defiant ◽  
Adhd Children ◽  
Cue Encoding

Objective: This study examined social information processing (SIP) of events with varied outcomes in children with ADHD and conduct problems (CPs; defined as oppositional defiant disorder [ODD] or conduct disorder [CD]) and controls. Method: Participants were 64 children (46 boys, 18 girls) aged 6 to 12, including 39 with ADHD and 25 controls. Vignettes were developed that systematically varied with regard to peer intention (ambiguous, negative, positive) and event outcome (ambiguous, negative, positive), and were used to evaluate participants’ SIP abilities (cue encoding, interpretation, and response generation). Results: Results showed that, after controlling for CPs, children with ADHD detected fewer positive, negative, and neutral cues; attributed more negative and less positive intent to peers; focused less on situational outcomes of vignettes; and generated fewer positive responses compared with the control group. Conclusion: These results indicate that children with ADHD differ from non-ADHD children, even after controlling for CPs, in how they process positive and negative social experiences.

scholarly journals Social Information Processing and Reactive and Proactive Aggression among Children with ADHD

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahmed Hammad ◽  
Huda Shaaban Muhammad Awed
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Proactive Aggression ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reactive And Proactive Aggression ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Selective Information Processing

<p>This study examined the social information processing qualities among children with reactive and proactive aggression among children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). It enrolled a total of 112 Saudi school children (62 boys, 50 girls; mean age = 9.26 years, SD = 1.98) of which 51 were diagnosed with ADHD and 61 typically developing peers. Data on children’s social informational processing and type of aggression displayed were gathered and analyzed for group differences by diagnosis and gender within diagnosis. Findings suggest gaps in social information processing and elevated aggression levels among children with ADHD compared to typical others. Male children with ADHD to present mostly with proactive aggression and self-serving information processing. Female ADHD were characterized by reactive aggression and selective information processing. Implicit socialization processes might explain the differences in social information processing and type of aggression among male and female students with Arabic culture background.</p><p><br /><strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals Social Cognitive Intervention: Reducing Irritability and Impulsivity among Aggressive Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Parwinder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cognitive Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
And Control ◽  
Social Cognitive Intervention

The study examines the effectiveness of Social Cognitive Intervention in reducing Irritability and Impulsivity among Aggressive Adolescents. The intervention was conceptualized using a Social Information Processing framework for understanding the development of aggressive behaviour. Social information processing theory emphasizes the active role of cognition in social adjustment. A five session Social-Cognitive Intervention was designed to train aggressive individuals not to infer hostile peer intent, to act non-impulsively and not to be irritated in negative social encounters and to provide various appropriate responses to such situations. By focusing on restructuring cognitions and changing social information processing pattern, it is assumed that changes in feelings of anger, irritability & impulsivity would then follow which would further reduce aggression among individuals. 100 aggressive individuals were randomly assigned to experimental and control group. After 5 sessions of social cognitive intervention, all the aggressive individuals, from both experimental and control groups were administered Irritability and Impulsivity Questionnaires to assess the effectiveness of intervention. Experimental and control group were compared on both variables by applying a series of univariate ANOVAs. Same statistics were also applied to compare experimental and control group for males and females separately. Individuals in experimental group showed significant less Irritability and Impulsivity scores as compared to those in control group, thereby proving the effectiveness of social cognitive intervention. Implications for research and practice involving the treatment of aggressive adolescents are discussed.

Hostility and Perceptions of Support in Ambiguous Social Interactions

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Vranceanu ◽  
Linda C. Gallo ◽  
Laura M. Bogart
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Processing Bias ◽  
Information Processing Bias

The present study investigated whether a social information processing bias contributes to the inverse association between trait hostility and perceived social support. A sample of 104 undergraduates (50 men) completed a measure of hostility and rated videotaped interactions in which a speaker disclosed a problem while a listener reacted ambiguously. Results showed that hostile persons rated listeners as less friendly and socially supportive across six conversations, although the nature of the hostility effect varied by sex, target rated, and manner in which support was assessed. Hostility and target interactively impacted ratings of support and affiliation only for men. At least in part, a social information processing bias could contribute to hostile persons' perceptions of their social networks.

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