The comparison between self-confidence and symptoms of aggression and hyperactivity (ADHD) in children

Abstract

ABSTRACTAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders in childhood, and almost 5% of children suffer from this disorder. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating the comparison between self-confidence and different types of aggression symptoms, including physical, reactive–verbal and relational aggression in hyperactive children and healthy ones, with the age range of 6–12 years in primary schools. The study population included a total number of 60 students, who were chosen with the method of simple and available random sampling, among the students. The tools applied in the present study were consisted of Bern Reuter’s questionnaire of self-confidence and Shahim’s questionnaire of children’s aggression. The results of this study indicated that there is no significant difference between the degree of self-confidence in hyperactive children and in healthy children. In other words, healthy and hyperactive children both have the same degree of self-confidence. However, there exists a significant difference between the degree of aggression in healthy and in hyperactive children. That is, the amount of aggression symptoms is different in hyperactive children in comparison to healthy ones. Physical symptoms of aggression are seen more in hyperactive children rather than in healthy children.