1. Perceptions and Communications About ADHD and ODD Behaviors in Children With Combined Type Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Author
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David R. Pillow, Dorothy Flannagan, and Justin C. Wise
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medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Ethnic group ,Mean age ,Mexican americans ,medicine.disease ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Stimulant ,Clinical Psychology ,Perception ,Oppositional defiant ,mental disorders ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,Adhd symptoms ,Psychiatry ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology ,media_common - Abstract
We investigated the perceptions about the behaviors that are characteristic of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the stimulant medication used to manage the symptoms of ADHD, in 40 Mexican American and non-Hispanic White mothers and their children (mean age 9.63 years). Mothers also reported the disorder-related information they had received from the professionals who worked with their children and the disorder-related information they had communicated to their children. Results revealed that mothers and children viewed oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and ADHD symptoms as equally salient, and they viewed stimulant medication as similarly important in treating both clusters of behavior. However, mothers reported receiving and communicating less information about ODD than about ADHD. There were differences related to ethnicity in the responses. The results suggest that professionals who work with children with ADHD and their families should consider providing information...
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- 2002