Cargando…
The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence
Numerous studies have established the link between ADHD and antisocial behavior, one of the most serious functional impairments caused by the disorder. However, research on protective factors that mitigate this link is still lacking. The Salutogenic Model of Health offers the “Sense of Coherence” (S...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101336 |
_version_ | 1784816509244145664 |
---|---|
author | Dayan, Haym Khoury-Kassabri, Mona Pollak, Yehuda |
author_facet | Dayan, Haym Khoury-Kassabri, Mona Pollak, Yehuda |
author_sort | Dayan, Haym |
collection | PubMed |
description | Numerous studies have established the link between ADHD and antisocial behavior, one of the most serious functional impairments caused by the disorder. However, research on protective factors that mitigate this link is still lacking. The Salutogenic Model of Health offers the “Sense of Coherence” (SOC), establishing that individuals who see their lives as logical, meaningful, and manageable are more resistant to various risk factors and diseases. The present study examines for the first time whether SOC is also a protective factor against different ADHD-related types of antisocial behaviors (severe/mild violent behavior, verbal violence, property crimes, public disorder, and drug abuse). A total of 3180 participants aged 15–50 completed online questionnaires assessing the level of ADHD symptoms, antisocial behaviors, and SOC. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the research hypothesis. An interaction between ADHD symptoms and SOC was found in predicting each type of antisocial behavior (beta = −0.06–−0.17, p < 0.01). The link between ADHD symptoms and antisocial behavior was significantly weaker for high than low SOC participants, regardless of age group. The current study found that people with high SOC are protected against the effect of ADHD symptoms on one of the most serious functional impairments, antisocial behavior. These findings suggest that SOC is a protective factor from the adverse effects of ADHD symptoms, justifying further prospective and intervention studies. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9599088 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-95990882022-10-27 The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence Dayan, Haym Khoury-Kassabri, Mona Pollak, Yehuda Brain Sci Article Numerous studies have established the link between ADHD and antisocial behavior, one of the most serious functional impairments caused by the disorder. However, research on protective factors that mitigate this link is still lacking. The Salutogenic Model of Health offers the “Sense of Coherence” (SOC), establishing that individuals who see their lives as logical, meaningful, and manageable are more resistant to various risk factors and diseases. The present study examines for the first time whether SOC is also a protective factor against different ADHD-related types of antisocial behaviors (severe/mild violent behavior, verbal violence, property crimes, public disorder, and drug abuse). A total of 3180 participants aged 15–50 completed online questionnaires assessing the level of ADHD symptoms, antisocial behaviors, and SOC. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the research hypothesis. An interaction between ADHD symptoms and SOC was found in predicting each type of antisocial behavior (beta = −0.06–−0.17, p < 0.01). The link between ADHD symptoms and antisocial behavior was significantly weaker for high than low SOC participants, regardless of age group. The current study found that people with high SOC are protected against the effect of ADHD symptoms on one of the most serious functional impairments, antisocial behavior. These findings suggest that SOC is a protective factor from the adverse effects of ADHD symptoms, justifying further prospective and intervention studies. MDPI 2022-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9599088/ /pubmed/36291270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101336 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Dayan, Haym Khoury-Kassabri, Mona Pollak, Yehuda The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence |
title | The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence |
title_full | The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence |
title_fullStr | The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence |
title_full_unstemmed | The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence |
title_short | The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence |
title_sort | link between adhd symptoms and antisocial behavior: the moderating role of the protective factor sense of coherence |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101336 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT dayanhaym thelinkbetweenadhdsymptomsandantisocialbehaviorthemoderatingroleoftheprotectivefactorsenseofcoherence AT khourykassabrimona thelinkbetweenadhdsymptomsandantisocialbehaviorthemoderatingroleoftheprotectivefactorsenseofcoherence AT pollakyehuda thelinkbetweenadhdsymptomsandantisocialbehaviorthemoderatingroleoftheprotectivefactorsenseofcoherence AT dayanhaym linkbetweenadhdsymptomsandantisocialbehaviorthemoderatingroleoftheprotectivefactorsenseofcoherence AT khourykassabrimona linkbetweenadhdsymptomsandantisocialbehaviorthemoderatingroleoftheprotectivefactorsenseofcoherence AT pollakyehuda linkbetweenadhdsymptomsandantisocialbehaviorthemoderatingroleoftheprotectivefactorsenseofcoherence |