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SOCIAL SKILLS AND SELF-ESTEEM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD
by
Marina Tse
__________________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Marina Tse
Object Description
| Title | Social skills and self-esteem of college students with ADHD |
| Author | Tse, Marina |
| Author email | marinatse@earthlink.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-22 |
| Date submitted | 2012-12-14 |
| Date approved | 2012-12-19 |
| Restricted until | 2012-12-19 |
| Date published | 2012-12-19 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Tobey, Patricia |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Garcia, Pedro Enrique García, Pedro Enrique Schafrik, Janice |
| Abstract | Research indicates that up to 65% of children diagnosed with ADHD may continue to display general behavior problems, as well as specific symptoms of ADHD, later in life. In most of the studies, ADHD college students’ self-esteem is strongly aligned with their social skills. The purpose of this study was to find directions that will assist ADHD students to succeed at college by identifying which factors affect their social skills and self-esteem, and, consequently, affect their academic achievement, their lives, and their careers. ❧ This study used a mixed method approach in which qualitative and quantitative research were combined. There were 88 participants, 44 ADHD students and 44 non-ADHD students from two two-year community colleges and a four-year private university. For quantitative research, the 44 ADHD students and the 44 non ADHD students, from these three institutions, completed three surveys; the Profile Information Form, the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale Survey Schedule and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale questionnaires. The T-Test and MANOVA were utilized to measure the significance of the ADHD students’ social skills and self-esteem compared to non-ADHD students. In qualitative study, eight themes to emerge from the interview data are as follows: 1) Diagnosis/Childhood Experiences, 2) ADHD Symptoms, 3) Self Esteem, 4) Family Support, 5) College accommodations, 6) Social Skills, 7) Medication, and 8) Goals and Professions. ❧ The result of the T-Test and the MANOVA test also illustrate that college students with ADHD have a lower level of self-esteem and poorer social skills when compared to the group of students without ADHD. These eight themes illustrate that ADHD symptoms affect participants’ self-esteem and social skills and that between their social skills and self-esteem affect their social interactions and their academic achievement in college. |
| Keyword | ADHD; college students; social skills; self-esteem |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Tse, Marina |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-TseMarina-1385.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | SOCIAL SKILLS AND SELF-ESTEEM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD by Marina Tse __________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2012 Copyright 2012 Marina Tse |
