Peer-Assessed Outcomes in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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2005
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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Peer-assessed outcomes were examined at the end of treatment (14 months after study entry) for 285
children (226 boys, 59 girls) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were rated by their
classmates (2,232 classmates total) using peer sociometric procedures. All children with ADHD were
participants in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA). Treatment groups were
compared using the orthogonal treatment contrasts that accounted for the largest amount of variance in
prior MTA outcome analyses: Medication Management + Combined Treatment versus Behavior Therapy +
Community Care; Medication Management versus Combined Treatment; Behavior Therapy versus
Community Care. There was little evidence of superiority of any of the treatments for the peer-assessed
outcomes studied, although the limited evidence that emerged favored treatments involving medication
management. Post hoc analyses were used to examine whether any of the four treatment groups yielded
normalized peer relationships relative to randomly selected- classmates. Results indicated that children
from all groups remained significantly impaired in their peer relationships.
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Betsy Hoza et al , "Peer-Assessed Outcomes in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder," Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 34, no. 1 (2005), doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp3401_7