The Impact of Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder
On the Development of Friendships During Childhood Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that is characterized by either one or a combination of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention (Kawabata, Tseng, & Gau, 2012). Hyperactivity and impulsivity cause a child to act out in disruptive ways such as yelling or distracting other people, while inattention causes a child to lack the ability to maintain focus (Kawabata et al., 2012). Because of the combination of these three characterizations, children who have ADHD have difficulty controlling their behavior or impulsivity and are twice as likely as other children to have fewer friends (Normand, …show more content…
A positive interaction with others causes one to want to spend more time with them because they are enjoyable to be around. Children with ADHD tend to think that their interactions are more positive than they actually are compared to an observer 's perception (Kawabata et al., 2012). An issue with the wrong perception of their interaction is that the children then are unable to learn from their experiences because they do not think they have done anything wrong (Normand et al., 2013). For example, if the child with ADHD continually asks questions to the child sitting next to him about a book being read to them, that child could get frustrated because he cannot hear the story. The child with ADHD may not be attentive to the fact that the child is angry with him for talking over the reader; he thinks they have had a positive interaction because they were talking. Therefore, the child with ADHD does not learn that he should not engage in conversation while someone else is reading a book to them because he does not think that there is anything wrong with their interaction. The inability of a child to understand what they have done wrong in a situation can create a foundation of social learning they can impact the rest of their lives because they could continue to do an inappropriate behavior because they do not view it as
On the Development of Friendships During Childhood Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that is characterized by either one or a combination of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention (Kawabata, Tseng, & Gau, 2012). Hyperactivity and impulsivity cause a child to act out in disruptive ways such as yelling or distracting other people, while inattention causes a child to lack the ability to maintain focus (Kawabata et al., 2012). Because of the combination of these three characterizations, children who have ADHD have difficulty controlling their behavior or impulsivity and are twice as likely as other children to have fewer friends (Normand, …show more content…
A positive interaction with others causes one to want to spend more time with them because they are enjoyable to be around. Children with ADHD tend to think that their interactions are more positive than they actually are compared to an observer 's perception (Kawabata et al., 2012). An issue with the wrong perception of their interaction is that the children then are unable to learn from their experiences because they do not think they have done anything wrong (Normand et al., 2013). For example, if the child with ADHD continually asks questions to the child sitting next to him about a book being read to them, that child could get frustrated because he cannot hear the story. The child with ADHD may not be attentive to the fact that the child is angry with him for talking over the reader; he thinks they have had a positive interaction because they were talking. Therefore, the child with ADHD does not learn that he should not engage in conversation while someone else is reading a book to them because he does not think that there is anything wrong with their interaction. The inability of a child to understand what they have done wrong in a situation can create a foundation of social learning they can impact the rest of their lives because they could continue to do an inappropriate behavior because they do not view it as