The social information processing abilities of rejected and nonrejected hyperactive children /.

This study compared the social information processing abilities of select third and fourth grade boys. Children identified for the study included 14 hyperactive/rejected, 29 hyperactive/nonrejected, 14 nonhyperactive/rejected, and 14 normal control subjects. Children were identified as hyperactive,...

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Main Author:	Moore, Lisa Ann, 1960-
Other Authors:	Ash, Michael J. (degree committee member.), Barker, Donald G. (degree committee member.), Jones, Diane Carlson (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1990.
Subjects:	Hyperactive children. Rejection (Psychology) in children. Social skills in children. Major school psychology. Academic theses.
Online Access:	Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy ProQuest, Abstract

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Summary:	This study compared the social information processing abilities of select third and fourth grade boys. Children identified for the study included 14 hyperactive/rejected, 29 hyperactive/nonrejected, 14 nonhyperactive/rejected, and 14 normal control subjects. Children were identified as hyperactive, based on scores on the Inattentive/Overactive subscale of the IOWA Conners (Loney & Milich, 1982). Rejected and nonrejected status was determined via peer sociometrics. Social information processing abilities were assessed using Milich and Dodge's (1984) interview procedure. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and discriminate function analysis (DFA) were employed to analyze the social information processing data. The MANCOVA involving the social information processing dependent variables resulted in a significant hyperactivity/rejection interaction effect. Among the significant univariate results were the findings that nonhyperactive/rejected boys make more attribution errors than children in the other three groups, whereas hyperactive/rejected boys make more encoding errors than children in the remaining three groups. Two significant DFAs revealed that social information processing variables discriminate between the hyperactive/rejected and hyperactive/nonrejected boys with 86% accuracy and between the hyperactive/rejected and nonhyperactive/rejected boys with 75% accuracy. Overall, results indicate that hyperactive/rejected boys display a unique constellation of social information processing deficits, relative to nonhyperactive/rejected boys.
Item Description:	"Major subject: School psychology." Typescript (photocopy). Vita.
Physical Description:	ix, 115 leaves ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.