ArticleClinical child psychology and psychiatry2024
Lowered social motivation is associated with adolescent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and social anxiety symptoms.
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- Emotional Intelligence-Based Interventions in Individuals with ADHD: Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Real-World Social Reward Processes are Linked to Momentary Positive Affect in Adolescent Girls.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- The mechanism of social interaction deficits in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder children: the role of cognitive flexibility.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Involvement of posterior hypothalamic CaMKII-positive neurons in ADHD-like behaviors in mice.Molecular brain · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDifficulties in social skills are highly prevalent in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), however, the reasons for these social difficulties are poorly understood. This study aimed to understand social motivation in children (aged 5-8) and adolescents (aged 13-17) with and without ADHD, and the relationship between social anxiety and social motivation in youth with ADHD.
method204 parents of children and adolescents with and without ADHD completed online questionnaires on social motivation, social anxiety, and ADHD symptoms.
resultsAdolescents with ADHD had significantly lower social motivation than typically developing adolescents, and children with ADHD. Higher social anxiety significantly predicted lowered social motivation in participants with ADHD.
conclusionsThese findings indicate a unique pattern of social motivation in ADHD, specifically a reduction during adolescence, reflecting social intervention inefficacy. Additionally, these findings establish a link between social motivation and social anxiety, suggesting that they may act as barriers to social intervention.
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