The purpose of this study was to examine the differences of behavioral problems, social competence and self-esteem between ADHD with and without depressive symptom in child foster care center. The subjects were 82 middle, and high school students who ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences of behavioral problems, social competence and self-esteem between ADHD with and without depressive symptom in child foster care center. The subjects were 82 middle, and high school students who participated in the "2013-2014 Child Welfare Project for Children's Treatment and Rehabilitation Support Project" and diagnosed with ADHD and depressive symptom. They were classified into two groups, pure ADHD and comorbid ADHD with depressive symptom. K-CBCL 6-18, Social Competence Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, Beck Depression Inventory and Children’s Depression Inventory were used as measuring tools for this study. The result were as follows.
First, as a result of comparing the two groups based on K-CBCL 6-18, comorbid ADHD scored higher in Withdrawn/Depress ed, Somatic Complaints, Internalizing and Externalizing, Total Problem s, DSM-oriented Affective Problems and DSM-oriented Posttraumatic Stress Problems than the pure ADHD..
Second, comparing the social competence scores between comorb id and pure ADHD, the comorbid ADHD revealed lower score in social competence scale than the pure ADHD.
Third, comparing the self-esteem scores between comorbid and pure ADHD, the comorbid ADHD marked lower self-esteem score than the pure ADHD.
Thus, the result of this study suggested that comorbid ADHD with depressive symptom have severity in Withdrawn/Depressed, Som atic Complaints, Internalizing and Externalizing, Total Problems, DSM -oriented Affective Problems and DSM-oriented Posttraumatic Stress Problems. Also, the comorbid ADHD showed difficulty accommodating oneself as shown in low social competence score and self-esteem score compared to the pure ADHD.