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

dc.contributor.advisorClimie, Emma A.
dc.contributor.authorNeprily, Kirsten
dc.contributor.committeememberMakarenko, Erica
dc.contributor.committeememberSpring, Erin
dc.date2020-11
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-20T20:02:39Z
dc.date.available2020-08-20T20:02:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractMany 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.citationNeprily, K. (2020). Summer camp for adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a naturalistic context for enhancing social competenceen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38100
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112413
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity 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.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorderen_US
dc.subjectSocial Competenceen_US
dc.subjectCampen_US
dc.subjectSummer Campen_US
dc.subjectSocial Skills Trainingen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychologyen_US
dc.titleSummer Camp for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Naturalistic Context for Enhancing Social Competenceen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
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