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Boonstede, Chaya (2015)

De samenhang van emotieregulatie en externaliserende gedragsproblemen bij kinderen met ASS en ADHD

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

The importance of this research is to enlarge the understanding of the cohesion between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems and insights into specific treatments and counseling which professionals could use with children who have ASD and ADHD. Objective: The objective of this research is gaining an insight into the relationship between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems in children with ASD and ADHD in ages from 4 to 18 years. Method: The research subjects are children aged between 4 and 18 years with and without ASD and ADHD. They are children from special and regular education and those who receive guidance at a healthcare facility. The children’s parents have completed the Social Emotional Questionnaire (SEV) and the Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ). Results: The study comprised 195 children of which 108 boys and 87 girls, of which 115 children who did not have a disorder, 33 children with ASD and 47 children with ADHD....Show moreThe importance of this research is to enlarge the understanding of the cohesion between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems and insights into specific treatments and counseling which professionals could use with children who have ASD and ADHD. Objective: The objective of this research is gaining an insight into the relationship between emotional regulation and externalizing behavioural problems in children with ASD and ADHD in ages from 4 to 18 years. Method: The research subjects are children aged between 4 and 18 years with and without ASD and ADHD. They are children from special and regular education and those who receive guidance at a healthcare facility. The children’s parents have completed the Social Emotional Questionnaire (SEV) and the Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ). Results: The study comprised 195 children of which 108 boys and 87 girls, of which 115 children who did not have a disorder, 33 children with ASD and 47 children with ADHD. Children with ASD and ADHD display more externalizing behavioural problems than children without a disorder and children with ADHD display more externalizing behavioural problems than children with ASD. Children with ASD and ADHD also display deficiencies in terms of regulating emotions compared to children without a disorder. The type of developmental disorder makes no difference. Conclusions: Children with ASD have typically problems in managing emotions and this is linked to age. Children with ADHD have typically problems in regulating emotions. In addition children with ADHD display externalizing behavioural problems. Children without any disorders display a good emotional regulation. For a part of these children this goes hand in hand with delinquent behaviour. This study has dealt with externalizing problem behavior as a whole. There is a possibility that there are differences between antisocial and aggressive behaviour. Future research can focus on this.Show less

ADHD

Autisme

Externaliserende gedragsproblemen

Emotieregulatie

Author

Boonstede, Chaya

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies

Supervisors

Scholte, Evert

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl