The Social and School Adjustment in children with and without Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD) in the city of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Authors

  • Soraya Lewis Universidad del Norte
  • Mavenka Cuesta Guzmán Universidad del Norte
  • Yolima Ghisays Cardozo Universidad del Norte
  • Lidia Rimero Santiago Universidad del Norte

Abstract

This article results from a research focused on the description and comparison of social and school adaptation of 40 children attending regular classes in Barranquilla (Colombia). These children characteristic are: 20 children with TDAH according to DSMIV (Inattentive type and combined one), and 20 children without this dysfunction. This study considers adaptation from a psychosocial perspective as a response to personal and social requirements from the environment. To collect information instrument such as TAMAI were used: childhood adaptive multifactor evaluative test in which significant statistical and behavioral differences between TDAH children and non-TDAH ones were found taking into account social and school adaptation levels. There as a greater presence of maladjustment in children with IDAH of the combined type.

Author Biographies

Soraya Lewis, Universidad del Norte

Psicóloga, Universidad del Norte; MSEd. Reading and Learning Disabilities

Mavenka Cuesta Guzmán, Universidad del Norte

Estudiante de décimo semestre de Psicología, Universidad del Norte

Yolima Ghisays Cardozo, Universidad del Norte

Psicóloga, Universidad del Norte.

Lidia Rimero Santiago, Universidad del Norte

Psicóloga, Universidad del Norte.

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