Exploring the Role of Interpersonal Relationships in Adolescents with ADHD

Abstract

ADHD is one of the most common disorders beginning during childhood and around 80% of young people continue to have ADHD into adulthood (Chadd, 2018). According to the American Psychiatric Association, 13.6% of adolescents have ADHD. This review paper is an exploratory summary of how ADHD stemming from childhood and persisting in adolescence and plays a role in the formation of interpersonal relationships which include platonic, familial and romantic. There were also intervention studies discussed to improve the interpersonal relationships. Studies working on ADHD in adolescents were identified and a comprehensive analysis was done. It was found that adolescents with ADHD face more conflicts and poorer communication in their interpersonal relationships due to the underlying symptoms of ADHD.