Original Article
Association of methylphenidate use and traditional and cyberbullying in adolescents with ADHD
Selma Tural Hesapcıoglu,
Gözde Kandemir,
Corresponding Author
Selma Tural Hesapcıoglu
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence: Selma Tural Hesapçioğlu, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey. Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorGözde Kandemir
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorSelma Tural Hesapcıoglu,
Gözde Kandemir,
Corresponding Author
Selma Tural Hesapcıoglu
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence: Selma Tural Hesapçioğlu, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey. Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorGözde Kandemir
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Background
This study aimed to determine whether there is a difference in terms of traditional/cyberbullying or victimization among adolescents receiving methylphenidate for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and treatment-naïve adolescents with ADHD during a 1-year period.
Methods
The Sociodemographic Data Form, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children (Present and Lifetime Version), Peer Bullying Scale–Adolescent Form and the Cyberbully/Victim Scale were administered to male adolescents with ADHD.
Results
Adolescents who did not receive methylphenidate during the last 1-year were exposed to higher rates of physical victimization, isolation, destroying of property by others, and sexual victimization, all of which are subtypes of traditional victimization; they also reported higher rates of destroying others' property. Furthermore, cyberbullying victimization and cyberbullying behaviors were more common in the non-treated group.
Conclusion
Effective treatment of ADHD could lessen involvement in the bullying cycle in adolescents with ADHD.
Disclosure
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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