Summer Camp for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Naturalistic Context for Enhancing Social Competence

Neprily, Kirsten

Summer Camp for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Naturalistic Context for Enhancing Social Competence

dc.contributor.advisor	Climie, Emma A.
dc.contributor.author	Neprily, Kirsten
dc.contributor.committeemember	Makarenko, Erica
dc.contributor.committeemember	Spring, Erin
dc.date	2020-11
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-20T20:02:39Z
dc.date.available	2020-08-20T20:02:39Z
dc.date.issued	2020-08
dc.description.abstract	Many adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experience difficulties in social competence (Ros & Graziano, 2018). Social difficulties in adolescents with ADHD have been tied to poor long-term outcomes and are predictive of global impairment (Morris et al., 2020). Summer camp programs have been overlooked as an opportunity for social growth and development. Evidence suggests that specialized summer camp with social skills training may have positive outcomes on social competence development in adolescents with ADHD (Pelham et al., 2010; Sibley et al., 2011, 2012). The current study investigated changes in social competence of adolescents with ADHD within a specialized social skills summer camp for children and adolescents with ADHD. The present study included a sample of 60 adolescents with ADHD between the ages of 12 and 16 years old and 15 camp counsellors. The Social-Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scales- Adolescent (SEARS-A) and Parent (SEARS-P) report were used to measure social competence. Overall, the present study demonstrated that adolescents with ADHD have significantly lower social competence when compared to a normative sample of adolescents. The study also confirmed that adolescents with ADHD improve their social competence after attending a specialized summer camp as demonstrated by higher social competence scores at the end of camp. Finally, the current study found similar scores between counsellor ratings of adolescent’s social competence and adolescent ratings of social competence. In conclusion, specialized summer camp programs may be an innovative, cost effective, and generalizable method to support social competence growth in adolescents with ADHD.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Neprily, K. (2020). Summer camp for adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a naturalistic context for enhancing social competence	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38100
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112413
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Werklund School of Education	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.	en_US
dc.subject	Adolescents	en_US
dc.subject	Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	en_US
dc.subject	Social Competence	en_US
dc.subject	Camp	en_US
dc.subject	Summer Camp	en_US
dc.subject	Social Skills Training	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Educational Psychology	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Social Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Summer Camp for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Naturalistic Context for Enhancing Social Competence	en_US
dc.type	master thesis	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Education Graduate Program – Educational Psychology	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science (MSc)	en_US
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