Exploring the association between social skills, social intelligence, and executive dysfunction in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a mediational analysis

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how adolescents with ADHD receiving methylphenidate treatment differ from healthy controls in social skills, social support, social intelligence, and peer relationships, including the finding that social impairments persisted despite ongoing pharmacological treatment.
2. Explain the mediating role of social intelligence in the relationship between social skills and peer relationships in adolescents with ADHD, and describe how executive dysfunction and ADHD symptom severity relate to social functioning within the study's proposed conceptual model.

Suzer Gamli, I., & Arici Gurbuz, A. (2026). Exploring the association between social skills, social intelligence, and executive dysfunction in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a mediational analysis. Child Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2026.2632136