Table 2.
Associations of ADHD Symptoms, Friendship Variables and Depressive Symptoms
| Friendship variable | ADHD symptoms association with variable (b (95% CI) p) | Variable association with depressive symptoms (b (95% CI) p) |
Indirect effect via variable between ADHD and depressive symptoms (b (95% CI) p) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presence of friends | -0.05 (-0.08, -0.02) 0.002 | -0.65 (-1.24, -0.07) 0.029 | 0.03 (-0.004, 0.06) 0.095 |
| Stability: best friend | OR = 0.92 (0.80, 1.06) 0.267 | -0.57 (-1.07, -0.06) 0.027 | 0.01 (-0.01, 0.03) 0.262 |
| Stability: top three friends | OR = 0.96 (0.82, 1.12) 0.568 | -0.32 (-0.84, 0.21) 0.235 | 0.004 (-0.01, 0.02) 0.530 |
| Quality: best friend | -0.75 (-1.29, -0.20) 0.008 | -0.72 (-0.97, -0.47) < 0.001 | 0.06 (0.01, 0.11) 0.011 |
| Quality: top three friends | -0.15 (-0.25, -0.05) 0.003 | -0.69 (-0.94, -0.44) < 0.001 | 0.07 (0.02, 0.11) 0.008 |
| Classroom friendship group: total difficulties | 0.94 (0.61, 1.27) < 0.001 | 0.17 (-0.10, 0.43) 0.211 | 0.02 (-0.05, 0.08) 0.633 |
| Classroom friendship group: cooperativeness | -0.03 (-0.04, -0.02) < 0.001 | -0.03 (-0.29, 0.23) 0.798 | -0.01 (-0.06, 0.04) 0.663 |
| Classroom friendship group: disruptiveness | 0.03 (0.02, 0.04) < 0.001 | 0.15 (-0.12, 0.42) 0.262 | -0.01 (-0.05, 0.08) 0.743 |
n = 1712, ADHD attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, b unstandardized beta, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio