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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2020· item PMID:32022957

Association of methylphenidate use and traditional and cyberbullying in adolescents with ADHD. 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.