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Hall, Sarah, and Maria Wallner. "Hur vuxna personer med ADHD hanterar och upplever sitt dagliga liv med fokus på familje- och arbetsliv : En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-22807.
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Introduktion: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) definieras som en neuropsykiatrisk funktionsnedsättning vilket innebär betydande svårigheter med att få en fungerande vardag. Huvudsymtomen yttrar sig ofta som uppmärksamhetsproblem, bristande impulskontroll samt hyperaktivitet. De flesta blir diagnostiserade i tidiga barnaår, problemen är ofta kvarstående i vuxen ålder och forskning tyder på viss ärftlighet. Syfte: Att beskriva hur vuxna personer med diagnosen ADHD hanterar och upplever sitt dagliga liv med fokus på familje- och arbetsliv samt att redogöra för vilken datainsamlingsmetod som använts i valda artiklar. Metod: Litteraturstudien genomfördes med deskriptiv design, bestående av elva vetenskapliga artiklar. Artiklarna är hämtade från Högskolan i Gävle biblioteks databaser: Scopus, PsycINFO, Cinahl samt PubMed. Fem centrala kategorier hittades när de inkluderade artiklarna granskades och sammanställdes i litteraturstudiens resultat. Resultat: Det framkom att individer med ADHD upplever att symtomen försvårar familje- och arbetssituationen, men kan bidra till en ökad kreativitet. För att hantera symtomen byter individerna arbeten och/eller partners ofta. Föreskrivna läkemedel uppges bidra till ökad fokusering. Självmedicinering med illegala droger är vanligt för att dämpa symtomen. Datainsamlingsmetoderna i de inkluderade artiklarna bestod i majoritet av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Slutsats: Resultatet påvisade att individer med ADHD genomgående upplevde liknande symtom, dessa upplevdes som negativa då de påverkade det dagliga livet med svårigheter att få fungerande relationer i arbets- och familjelivet. Ökad kunskap inom området är av stor betydelse då sjuksköterskan kan bidra till att patienten kan hitta en jämnvikt i sin livssituation. Kunskapsluckan inom området är stort och behovet av fortsatt forskning är betydande.Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined as a neuropsychiatric disability which means significant difficulty in getting a functional day. The main symptoms often manifest themselves as attention problems, poor impulse control and hyperactivity. Most will be diagnosed in early childhood, the problems are often persisting into adulthood and research suggests certain heredity. Aim: To describe how adults with ADHD manage and experience their daily life with a focus on family and work and to report on the data collection method used in the selected articles. Method: Literature study was conducted with descriptive design, consisting of eleven scientific articles. The articles are from the University of Gävle library databases: Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL and PubMed. Five central categories were found when the included articles were reviewed and collected literature results of the study. Results: It was found that individuals with ADHD experience the symptoms complicate family and work situations, but can contribute to increased creativity. To manage the symptoms, the individuals switched work and/or partners often. Prescribed drugs reported to contribute to increased focus. Self-medication with illegal drugs are common to suppress the symptoms. Data collection methods included in the articles comprised in the majority of semi-structured interviews. Conclusion: The results showed that individuals with ADHD consistently experienced similar symptoms, those perceived as negative as they affected the everyday life with difficulty in functioning relationships in family and working life. Increased knowledge in this area is of great importance when the nurse can help the patient to find an equilibrium in their lives. The knowledge gap in the field is great and the need for further research are significant.
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Neophytou, Koula, and res cand@acu edu au. "ADHD, a Social Construct? The Experience of families who have a child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." Australian Catholic University. School of Arts and Sciences, 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp52.29082005.
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The diagnosis of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased over the last few years in Australia. ADHD is currently understood largely through a medical perspective, and in that context, the treatment recommended is stimulant medication. ADHD is a mental health label given to children who exhibit challenging behaviour. These children are diagnosed according to the categories stated in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) – IV. To date, there is no medical test children can undertake to show that they ‘have’ ADHD. This research focuses on an alternative view of ADHD. Focussing upon families’ experience of ADHD, and the medicalisation of children’s behaviour, it argues that behaviour is socially influenced and constructed. It is because insufficient attention has been given to the family experience and the social implications of ADHD, that the child is often seen as ‘the problem’. The gap in our understanding of ADHD is situated in our understanding of the broader social context. To challenge this I will explore perceptions of the ‘good child’, ‘good mothers’ and the social consequences of inappropriate behaviour. Each family was interviewed five times every three months over a two-year period. Their stories and experiences are presented in this thesis.
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Grant, Tracey N. "Young people's experiences of ADHD and social support in the family context : An interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, University of East London, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532941.
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This study examined the experience of young people diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a significant topic for research as it is one of the most common and highly contested psychiatric diagnoses given to children. There are debates about the aetiology and validity of ADHD, nevertheless family factors are widely considered to be significant to outcomes for children and young people given this diagnosis. However, insufficient attention has been paid to understanding young people's lived experience in the family. The aims of this study were to explore and articulate how young people, aged between eleven and eighteen, experience living with a diagnosis of ADHD within the context of their families. Particular attention was paid to the young people's experiences and perceptions of the support they receive. The study employed a qualitative methodology. Semi- structured interviews were conducted with seven boys and one girl. The data from the interviews were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Four super ordinate themes were generated from the analysis: 'The importance of belonging', 'Is there more to me than my ADHD? ', 'Creating calm from chaos' and Trying to make sense of ADHD'. The participants faced challenges in maintaining accepting relationships, managing their emotions, understanding the nature of their difficulties and developing a coherent personal identity. The participants valued a range of support: practical, emotional, informational and affirmational in facing these challenges. The findings are discussed in relation to the literature on the lived experience of ADHD and social support. Consideration was given to the implications for future research and clinical practice.
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Blomqvist, Annica. "Föräldrars upplevelse av att leva med barn med ADHD." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Omvårdnad och medicinsk teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80962.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, är en av de vanligaste neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningarna hos barn och ungdomar. Funktionsnedsättningen påverkar barnet i både skola, sociala sammanhang och i familjelivet. Detta påverkar i sin tur föräldrars liv. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva föräldrars upplevelse av att leva med barn med ADHD. Metod: Datainsamlingen genomfördes med semistrukturerade intervjuer med tre föräldrar till barn som har diagnosen ADHD samt text från fem föräldrars bloggar. Data analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys med manifest ansats. Resultat: Fyra kategorier framkom i analysen: Att föräldraskapet är utmanande; Att känna sig missförstådd och frustrerad; Att känna trygghet och gemenskap samt Att känna lättnad när livet fungerar. Slutsats: Föräldrar upplevde utmaningar med föräldraskapet, men föräldrautbildning kunde bidra till att stärka föräldrar och öka deras kunskap att hantera vardagen och därigenom få ökad empowerment. Det skulle bidra till att de hade verktyg att stärka barnets självkänsla, vilket kunde öka barnets resiliens mot psykisk ohälsa och bidra till välmående genom livet för barnet och familjen med ADHD.
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House, Amanda N. "Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parenting Styles: The Experience of Multiracial Adolescents." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320162825.
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Polaha, Jodi. "ADHD for Integrated Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6655.
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Polaha, Jodi. "ADHD in Primary Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6690.
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Dunworth, Fraser. "Children with ADHD : the experience of mothers." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6074/.
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There are three sections to this thesis; 1. A review of the literature pertaining to mothers of children with ADHD. Findings of studies in the following areas are summarised and critically discussed; parenting stress, family functioning, parental factors related to child antisocial behaviours and mother- child interactions. Some implications for further research and clinical practice are outlined. 2. A research report of a study which employed semi-structured interviews and Interpretational Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore six mothers' experience of their sons' ADHD. Three themes emerged from the analysis of the interview transcripts; 1. The struggle to understand and explain the child. 2. Shouldering the burden. 3. The significance of diagnosis and treatment. The results are discussed in relation to relevant literature. Some clinical implications are considered. 3. A critical appraisal of the research project, giving an account of the project from its inception to completion of the thesis and including some reflections upon the impact of the research on the author.
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Polaha, Jodi. "Behavioral Interventions for Children with ADHD." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6696.
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Morgan, Kristy. "The college transition experience of students with ADHD." Diss., Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13741.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Special Education, Counseling, & Student Affairs
Kenneth Hughey
This qualitative study explored the college transition experience of eight first-year students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at a midwestern research university. Using a three-interview-series model, students participated in structured interviews designed to explore their backgrounds, discuss their current experiences on campus, and discover what they have learned from their college transition experiences. The findings reveal that these students with ADHD did not adequately plan their college transitions, relied heavily on family for assistance with their transition and medical treatment, did not utilize many campus resources available to them, and lacked strategies to manage their ADHD symptoms. Additionally, they found the process of becoming college students to be stressful due to the many responsibilities inherent in the role. Findings also indicate that students relied on medication to perform academically in college; however, they lacked knowledge of medication and treatment options. The results contribute to research addressing individuals with ADHD across the lifespan, particularly in college, as well as research of college students and college environments. Recommendations for practice and future research are discussed.
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Hardie, Gillian. "Dyssomnias in children with ADHD : behavioural family interventions." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2093.
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Sleep disturbances are extremely common among children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and are reported to occur more frequently than in typically developing children. These sleep problems are likely to be highly stressful for family members and may have adverse effects on the well-being of both the child and parents. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of research investigating the development and efficacy of behavioural management strategies to treat the sleep disturbances of children with ADHD. This study used a multiple baseline design across participants to examine the effects of individualized behavioural family interventions in treating the inappropriate bedtime behaviour and sleep disturbances presented by four children (aged 5-11 years) diagnosed with ADHD. Assessment data suggested that sleep disturbances were reinforced and maintained by parental attention. The behavioural strategies implemented to treat the sleep problems were comprised of standard extinction procedures involving differential reinforcement of inappropriate and appropriate behaviours, positive reinforcement programmes, a structured positive bedtime routine and a response cost procedure. Results showed that the multiple sleep problems presented by these four children, including bedtime disturbances, sleep onset delay, night wakings, bedtime non-adherence and co-sleeping, were reduced as a function of their respective individual behavioural interventions. Sleep and behavioural improvements were mostly maintained at 3 months follow-up. Generalized positive effects on the child's daytime behaviour, changes in parental mood, increased parental sleep and increased confidence in parenting skills were also reported following completion of the sleep intervention programmes. These findings indicate that behavioural management strategies are an effective method to alleviate and/or eliminate sleep disturbances experienced by children with ADHD. Implications for the assessment and treatment of sleep disturbances in this special needs paediatric population are discussed as well as recommendations for current clinical practice and future research.
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Terchek, Joshua J. "ADHD and Self-Discrepancy: The Social Construction of ADHD in Adulthood." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1363604180.
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Shultz, A. K., and Jodi Polaha. "Examining Current Practices in Relation to Recommended ADHD Guidelines." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6643.
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Rosen-Webb, Jemma. "ADHD : a grounded theory of Bangladeshi family workers' perspectives." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/1253/.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric diagnosis which is characterised by hyperactive and impulsive behaviour and difficulties paying attention. The diagnosis has raised much discussion and debate over recent years. The dominant discourse is that ADHD is the result of 'faulty brain chemistry' and that the first line of treatment should be with psycho-stimulantm edication. Concerns about this perspective have been raised by clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. They highlight other factors which they feel are more likely to contribute to such behaviour e.g. relationships, society, parenting style. Furthermore ADHD has been criticised for being a cultural construct, based on Western values, and used to medicalise children. Most research into ADHD has been carried out on White populations in the United Kingdom and the United States. The rate of diagnosis has been rising in these and other Westernised countries e.g. Australia in recent years. The current research used a grounded theory methodology to explore views of a different cultural group, namely Bangladeshi family workers. The research aims were to gain an understanding of how such childhood behaviours were viewed by Bangladeshi workers and to explore ways of seeking and offering help. The results supported much of the current literature on ADHD, taken at its broadest level. Workers views are considered and their role as an interface between families and statutory services is discussed. Workers also discussed ways in which they engage parents and factors they felt acted as barriers to accessing statutory services.
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Stocks, Lisa Marie 1964. "Organ donor family experience." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291391.
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An exploratory-descriptive design was used to explore and describe knowledge and perceptions about the organ donation process of persons who had consented for their relatives organs to be donated. A 19 question mailed survey was administered to 110 people who met study criteria. Descriptive methods were used to analyze the data. Less than half of the respondents had discussed organ donation previously or knew if their relative carried a donor card, they indicated that they understood the concept of brain death and its cause. These families were positive about their decision to donate and perceived altruism as the most positive aspect of the process. The most difficult aspect of the donation process emerged as "reality of death." Nurses are a critical link in the organ donation process. Results of this study are useful for nursing assessment, diagnosis, and formulation of care plans for families in the position to donate organs.
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Calloway, J., and Jodi Polaha. "Training Pediatric Residents in ADHD Management in Primary Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6637.
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Nelson, E., Jodi Polaha, and W. J. Kuzbyt. "Three Primary Care Approaches to ADHD Treatment Over Telemedicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6615.
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Petgrave, D. K., Jodi Polaha, M. A. Littleton, and A. D. Clements. "ADHD Management in Pediatric Primary Care: Time Is Not on Our Side." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6626.
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Hurtig, T. (Tuula). "Adolescent ADHD and family environment—an epidemiological and clinical study of ADHD in the Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2007. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514284229.
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Abstract The primary aim of this study was to survey attention and behavioural problems among Finnish adolescents living in different family environments. The second aim was to study the psychosocial well-being of these adolescents. The third aim was to study the psychiatric comorbidity of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in association with the family environment. The fourth aim was to study the persistence of ADHD from childhood to adolescence. In the first phase, 15-year-old adolescents and their parents from the Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort (N = 9432) completed questionnaires on attention and behavioural problems, family characteristics and the life situation of the adolescents. In the second phase, 457 adolescents aged from 16 to 18 years were drawn from the cohort. After assessment with a clinical semi-structured interview, logistic regression models were used to study ADHD and the persistence of the diagnosis and comorbid psychopathology in association with family characteristics. Girls reported more commonly than boys attention and behavioural problems, while their parents reported more attention problems in their sons than daughters. Living in other than intact families was related to attention and behavioural problems in both genders. Adolescents with ADHD symptoms considered their physical health and psychosocial well-being poor more often than their controls. Psychosocial problems accumulated for those with many ADHD symptoms. Adolescents with ADHD had more commonly than others comorbid behavioural disorder, alcohol abuse and depression. Those with ADHD and comorbidity lived more commonly than others in non-intact families, in low-income families, with mothers who were dissatisfied with life and with parents who showed little interest in their adolescent's activities. Persistence of ADHD into adolescence occurred in about two thirds of cases. Those who persisted with the diagnosis compared to those who remitted it had more dreamy-like inattentive symptoms, and had more often early-onset comorbid depression or oppositional defiant disorder and had more often fathers with attention problems. These results indicate that attention and behavioural problems are common among adolescents in Finland, especially among those living in disrupted families. Being a persistent disorder, ADHD warrants more concern in primary health care and the educational system in order to prevent the concurrent development of other psychiatric and psychosocial problems. In primary health care, family intervention is essentialTiivistelmä Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli ensiksi selvittää suomalaisten nuorten tarkkaavuuden ja käyttäytymisen ongelmia suhteessa nuoren perherakenteeseen. Toiseksi tutkittiin näiden nuorten psykososiaalista hyvinvointia. Kolmanneksi tavoitteena oli tutkia ADHD:n (tarkkaavuushäiriö) psykiatrisia liitännäissairauksia suhteessa perheympäristöön. Neljäntenä tavoitteena oli tutkia ADHD:n pysyvyyttä lapsuudesta nuoruuteen. Tutkimuksen ensimmäisessä vaiheessa Pohjois-Suomen vuoden 1986 syntymäkohorttiin kuuluvat 15-vuotiaat nuoret (N = 9 432), ja heidän vanhempansa täyttivät kyselylomakkeet. Kysymykset koskivat nuoren tarkkaavuuden ja käyttäytymisen ongelmia, perheympäristöä ja nuoren elämäntilannetta. Toisessa vaiheessa tutkittiin 457 16–18-vuotiasta kohorttiin kuuluvaa nuorta. Nuoret arvioitiin käyttäen puolistrukturoitua kliinistä haastattelua. Logistisia regressiomalleja käytettiin kuvaamaan ADHD-diagnoosia ja sen pysyvyyttä sekä psykiatrisia liitännäissairauksia suhteessa perheympäristöön. Tytöt raportoivat poikia useammin tarkkaavuuden ja käyttäytymisen ongelmista, kun taas vanhemmat raportoivat tarkkaavuuden ongelmia olevan useammin pojilla kuin tytöillä. Perhetaustaltaan muu kuin ydinperhe oli yhteydessä tarkkaavuuden ja käyttäytymisen ongelmiin sekä tytöillä että pojilla. Nuoret, joilla oli ADHD-oireita, pitivät terveyttään ja psykososiaalista hyvinvointiaan huonona useammin kuin nuoret, joilla näitä oireita ei ollut. Psykososiaaliset ongelmat kasaantuivat niillä nuorilla, joilla oli paljon ADHD-oireita. Myös käyttäytymishäiriöistä, alkoholin väärinkäytöstä ja masennuksesta kärsivät muita useammin nuoret, joilla havaittiin ADHD. Nuoret, joilla oli ADHD ja edellä mainittu liitännäissairaus, asuivat muita useammin muussa kuin ydinperheessä, alemman tulotason perheessä, äidin kanssa, joka oli tyytymätön elämäänsä tai vanhempien kanssa, jotka eivät olleet kiinnostuneet nuorensa asioista. ADHD-diagnoosi pysyi nuoruuteen noin kahdella kolmasosalla niistä, joilla se oli lapsuudessa. Niillä nuorilla, joilla diagnoosi pysyi, oli muita useammin unelmoivasta hajamielisyydestä kertovia tarkkaamattomuusoireita, varhain alkanut masennus- tai käyttäytymishäiriö tai isä, jolla oli itsellään ADHD-oireita. Nämä tulokset osoittavat, että tarkkaavuuden ja käyttäytymisen ongelmat ovat yleisiä suomalaisilla nuorilla, ja erityisesti niillä, jotka asuvat muussa kuin ydinperheessä. Koska ADHD on pysyvä häiriö, se tulee ottaa paremmin huomioon perusterveydenhuollossa ja koulumaailmassa, jotta voitaisiin ehkäistä muita psykiatrisia ja psykososiaalisia ongelmia. Perusterveydenhuollossa erityisesti perheinterventiot ovat tärkeitä
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Isacson, Linda, and Ulrika Merkel. "Föräldrars erfarenhet av att leva med ett barn som har diagnosen Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-42100.
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Bakgrund: Förekomsten av attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder uppgår till 7% bland barn globalt. ADHD har hög hereditet, omkring 57 % och det eftersöks fortfarande orsaker som kan kopplas till ADHD:s fysiologiska uppkomst. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva föräldrars erfarenheter av att leva med barn med diagnosen attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie genomfördes med en innehållsanalys av nio vetenskapliga artiklar. Resultat: Tre kategorier framkom; Utanförskap och brist på förståelse, Rädsla för att förlora kontroll samt Vikten av bekräftelse och stöd. Föräldrar upplevde en ständig kamp för att behålla kontrollen över barnet, en oförståelse från omgivningen, en känsla av att inte ha något eget liv, att inte känna sig trodda samt brist på stöd, vilket resulterade i att föräldrarna kände utanförskap och isolering. Slutsats: Föräldrar till barn med ADHD beskrev svårigheter att få rätt till utredning men att efterföljande diagnostisering ofta gick snabbt. Det framkom både positiva och negativa erfarenheter av stöd och vägledning men majoriteten av föräldrarna upplevde trygghet och lättnad i kontakten med vårdpersonal som hade erfarenhet av barn med ADHD. Vid professionella interaktioner där det fanns kunskap om ADHD fanns ett holistiskt synsätt på barnet med ADHD och dess familj men inom den allmänna sjukvården fanns det begränsad kunskap och förståelse.Background: The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder amounts to 7% among children globally. ADHD has high heredity, about 57% and the course of ADHD’s physiological appearance are still being sought. Aim: The purpose was to describe parents' experiences of living with children diagnosed with attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Method: A general literature study was conducted with a content analysis of nine scientific articles. Result: Three categories were included in the result. Exclusion and lack of understanding, Fear of losing control and The importance of confirmation and support. Parents experienced the constant struggle to manage control of the child, the lack of understanding from the surroundings, feelings of not having their own life, not feeling believed and insufficient support, as a result, parents felt alienated and isolated. Conclusion: Parents of children with ADHD describe difficulties in getting the right to investigation but the subsequent diagnosis often went quickly. Both positive and negative experiences of support and guidance emerged, but most parents experienced security and relief in contact with health professionals who had experience with children with ADHD. In professional interactions where there was knowledge about ADHD, there was a holistic approach to the child with ADHD and its families but in general health care, there was limited knowledge and understanding.
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Fischer, Martha Francis. "Multifamily Family Therapy Group for ADHD Children and their Families: A Delphi Study." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51553.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic disorder characterized by primary symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and sometimes hyperactivity. ADHD children suffer not only from these primary symptoms, but also from secondary negative impacts including poor peer relationships, increased conflict within family interactions as well as diminished academic achievement and increased classroom disruptions. In order to target these concerns, a 12 week pilot Multifamily Therapy Group curriculum was developed for implementation in a social service agency setting with ADHD children aged ten to twelve and their families. Using the Delphi Method, a panel of experts evaluated the curriculum, treatment process, and modality applicability. Findings and recommendations from the expert reviews will be discussed.Master of Science
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Borgström, Kajsa, and Marlene Kartunnen. "Att växa upp med ADHD : En litteraturbaserad studie." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för omvårdnad - grundnivå, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-10729.
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Idag uppskattas att cirka fem procent av alla skolbarn i Sverige har ADHD. Symtomen yttrar sig som överdriven hyperaktivitet, impulsivitet samt koncentrationssvårigheter, vilket kan medföra stora problem både i skolan, hemmet och i sociala sammanhang. Bristande kunskap leder till att individer i samhället har en stigmatiserad bild av diagnosen, detta påverkar individer med ADHD negativt. Genom att ha analyserat 10 vetenskapliga kvalitativa artiklar där nyckelfynd om barn och vuxnas upplevelser av att växa upp med ADHD har plockats ut, har ett nytt resultat växt fram. Det framkom i resultatet att när lärare och föräldrar var stöttande, accepterande, omtänksamma och hjälpsamma klarade barnen med ADHD av vardagen på ett mer hanterligt sätt. Barnen upplevde att det var enklare att fokusera i en strukturerad miljö där aktivt och kreativt lärande förekom. Fasta rutiner, regler samt struktur var något som var betydelsefullt för barnen. Vidare tyder resultatet på att det var krävande att växa upp med ADHD. Deltagarna kände sig annorlunda och hade svårt att passa in i sociala sammanhang. När omgivningen inte visade acceptans och förståelse för barnets beteende, upplevde de bland annat frustration, vilket i sin tur resulterade i konflikter och bråk. Det framkom i studien att deltagarna upplevde bristfälligt stöd och hjälp från sjukvården, och fick därför söka information om sin diagnos på egen hand. Bemötandet var viktigt för barn med ADHD och det är därför betydelsefullt att omgivningen, såväl som allmänsjuksköterskan, får en ökad förståelse och acceptans för barnets beteende. Det kan bidra till att livssituationen för individen bli mer hanterbar. Eftersom ADHD är vanligt förekommande möter även allmänsjuksköterskan dessa barn inom vården. Genom att få kunskap om hur individer med ADHD upplever sin situation skapas en tydligare bild kring de behov som finns hos barnet. Kunskapen leder till att sjuksköterskan kan ge ett mer anpassat bemötande, stöd och information i samband med vårdandet. Syftet med denna studie var därför att belysa upplevelser av hur det är att växa upp med ADHD.Background: Around five percent of all school children in Sweden are living with ADHD. ADHD is a neuropsychiatric disability which is manifested through hyperactivity, impulsiveness and difficulties to concentrate. As more children get diagnosed with ADHD, general nurses are required to meet these children more frequently in health care. It is therefore very important for the nurses to have good knowledge about how these children should be treated. Through increased knowledge about how children with ADHD experience their situation, a better understanding about the needs can be gained. Therefore the aim of this study was to illuminate experiences growing up with ADHD. Method: A literature-based study with analyses of qualitative studies was conducted. The analytical method was based on Friberg's five-step model. The results of a total of 10 scientific articles were compiled. Results: The result revealed three main themes and eight sub themes. The three main themes were; experiences of being different, the experiences of support and understanding from surroundings and impact from the environment. Conclusion: The result showed that the participants were affected by how they were treated by society. An accepting and understanding environment enabled the children to better manage daily life. Better understanding of ADHD by the society, including general nurses, and an increased acceptance of the children’s behavior and how they should be treated, could change their daily life in a positive way.
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Carson, Paula Penelopy. "Head injury survivorship: The family experience." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185753.
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Health professionals as well as families are being confronted with long-term care and caregiver issues that accompany the increasing incidence of individuals surviving traumatic brain injury. A sample of parents and brain-injured offspring from 20 families served as informants. The purpose of this study was to identify a qualitatively generated theory describing the parent's experience following a brain-injured child's return to the home setting. An exploratory qualitative design using grounded theory methodology was used during data collection and analysis. All the brain-injured offspring had survived a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury; were living with at least one parent; and were ages 17 to 34. A three-phase theory, Investing in the Comeback, was generated using grounded theory methodology. The theory's three stages, centering on fostering independence and seeking stability, describe the work of the parent living with a brain-injured offspring. The first phase, Centering On, involves the parent's focusing attention and behavior primarily on the brain-injured offspring. During Fostering Independence, the second phase, the parent initiates and maintains efforts to promote the offspring's resumption of independent functioning. The final phase, Seeking Stability, consists of the parent working to establish a regime that maintains the brain-injured offspring's optimal performance, while minimizing the strain on other family members. Theoretical sampling guided the identification of categories, properties, conditions, and consequences of each phase. Four quantitative measures supplied descriptions of sample characteristics and included demographics, cognitive deficit ratings of the child by the parent and the investigator, and the parent's perception of the family's functioning.
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Borgede, Emma. "Vuxna personers upplevelser av att leva med funktionsnedsättningen ADHD : - en självbiografistudie." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för vårdvetenskap på grundnivå, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6869.
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Background ·ADHD is a syndrome characterized by attention deficits, difficulty of concentration, restlessness and lack of control. The number of persons diagnosed with ADBD have increased over the past few years. One reason for the increase is believed to be that the knowledge has increased in recent years and more persons can be diagnosed . As a nurse it is important to know about ADHD and how it affects the persons with it. Aim. The purpose of this autobiography study was to describe the experience of adult persons living with the disability ADHD. Method. A qualitative approach was used for this literature review. In this study two biographies were analyzed. Qualitative content analysis was used with a manifest focus. Results The analysis of the biographies revealed two main categories; perceptions of lack of control and experiences of various emotions. The results shows that the person experience disorder in life, impulsiveness, difficulty of concentration, feeling different, anger and anxiety and being brave and curious. Conclusion To live with ADHD is something that effects the whole life for the person. To get the diagnosis is a relief and an explanation for their behavior. The authors of the biographies had both had a hard school time where extra help and support would have been valuable. The persons thinks that ADHD gives them both benefits and difficulties. Nurses can better help the persons by seeing each individual based on their own potential
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Nupdal, Jason Bentley. "Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines in Family Practice: Caring for Children with ADHD." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27368.
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The purpose of this Practice Improvement Project was to promote evidence-based
practice in caring for children ages 4-18 with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
in the family practice setting. The American Academy of Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines
(CPG) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Conditions, 5th Ed. (DSM-V)
diagnostic criteria for ADHD were embedded in the electronic health record (EHR) in the form
of an evaluation tool/template to guide the Primary Care Providers (PCPs) in documenting
evidence-based practice in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. Primary
stakeholders are PCPs of Riverview Clinic who care for children with ADHD. Neuman?s System Theoretical framework was used assuring a comprehensive holistic
approach to caring for children with ADHD. The logic model was applied to direct project
process while providing a framework for project evaluation. A focused forum was held to
educate PCPs on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) CPG and the DSM-V ADHD
diagnostic criteria. PCPs were introduced to the tool with instruction on use. Six weeks post
launching, a retrospective chart audit was done to evaluate for the presence of evidence basedpractice
documentation with the evaluation tool/template versus without. When utilized, the evaluation tool/template demonstrates a higher rate of documentation
supportive of evidence-based practice. The tool enhances provider?s comfort level in caring for
children with ADHD while promoting optimal quality outcome for the child. Project outcome
suggests the tool be used by PCPs in documenting evidence-based practice. Key words: ADHD,
children, management, EHR, template, co-morbid conditions, and clinical practice guidelines.
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Wolcott, Katherine A. "Symptoms of depression in siblings of children with ADHD." Thesis, Alfred University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10103830.
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Having a sibling with a disability has been found to have negative psychological effects, such as depression; however, very little research has focused solely on siblings of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The current study attempted to highlight whether siblings of children with ADHD experience depression symptomology to a greater degree than siblings of children without disabilities. Participants were included in the current study based on meeting the following criteria: target participants were between the ages of 6 and 17 with a biological sibling who may or may not carry a diagnosis of ADHD. Families came from 2 groups based on the siblings’ diagnosis. Seven families with at least 1 child with ADHD, and 11 families with all non-disabled children participated. Parents were asked to complete an informed consent and demographic questionnaire, as well as the Conners Rating Scale for ADHD, Third Edition, Short Form (Conners-3) on the target participant to ensure that he/she did not meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD. Taqrget participants were asked to complete an assent form, as well as the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC). Two multiple regressions were completed. Results, omitting a statistical outlier within the group consisting of families with a child with ADHD, indicated that siblings of non-disabled children experienced more symptoms of depression than siblings of children with ADHD; however, results including the statistical outlier indicated that both groups of siblings experience similar symptomology of depression. Both results were contrary to the researcher’s hypothesis. Given the small sample size of the current study, the individuals that participated in the study may not be a representative sample, and additional research is therefore needed. Overall, the findings of the current study will guide researchers in further investigating this most important topic, and therefore, addressing how to better support families with children with ADHD.
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Andersson, Linda, and Wallin Christina Waern. "Föräldrars upplevelser av barns vård vid ADHD." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för neurovetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-416006.
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Background: Children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) havesymptoms such as inattention and / or overactivity and impulsivity. ADHD has increasedsignificantly in recent years and is estimated to be three to five percent of Sweden's school children.The increase is probably due to increased knowledge in the area. Another reason may be that moredemands are made at school on things that are difficult for a child with ADHD. ADHD care oftenconsists of medication and medical follow-ups by nurses and doctors. Nurses follow up on feedingand provide information on lifestyle factors and perform somatic checks. The care can also consist ofpsychoeducation, psychological treatment and occupational therapy efforts. ADHD is aneuropsychiatric functional variation that creates difficulties both in school, at home and in leisure. Itis therefore of great importance to study parents' experience of childcare at ADHD in order toprovide optimal care and care.Aim: To describe parents' experiences of childcare in ADHD.Method: Literature study with qualitative approach. A systematic literature search was conducted inthe databases, Cinahl, Psycinfo, PubMed and Scopus. The selected articles underwent a qualityreview and then a qualitative content analysis was performed.Results: Six themes emerged in the result: the importance of health care efforts, the importance ofmedication, the importance of the alliance, shared decision-making, constant fighting and stigma.Conclusions: Parents were in dire need of adequate support and intervention in the treatment ofADHD and medication had a crucial role in treatment. Parents also felt that there was no supportgroups and skills training for those with children with ADHD alone. Parents constantly struggledwith their children with ADHD and many felt stigmatized by their surroundings and society.Important in care is that parents feel a trusting relationship with health care professionals. Parents ofchildren with ADHD received less shared decision-making than parents with children with physicaldiagnoses.Bakgrund: Barn med diagnosen Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) har symtom som ouppmärksamhet och/eller överaktivitet och impulsivitet. ADHD har ökat markant de senaste åren och uppskattas vara tre till fem procent av Sveriges skolbarn. Ökningen beror troligtvis på att kunskapen på området har ökat. En annan orsak kan vara att det ställs större krav i skolan på sådant som är svårt för ett barn med ADHD. Vården vid ADHD består ofta av medicinering och medicinska uppföljningar av sjuksköterskor och läkare. Sjuksköterskor följer upp mående och ger information om livsstilsfaktorer och utför somatiska kontroller. Vården kan även bestå av psykoedukation, psykologisk behandling och arbetsterapeutiska insatser. ADHD är en neuropsykiatrisk funktionsvariation som skapar svårigheter både i skolan, hemmet och på fritiden. Det är därför av stor betydelse att studera föräldrars upplevelse av barns vård vid ADHD för att kunna ge ett optimalt bemötande och vård. Syfte: Att beskriva föräldrars upplevelser av barns vård vid ADHD. Metod: Litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats. En systematisk litteratursökning genomfördes i databaserna, Cinahl, Psycinfo, PubMed och Scopus. Valda artiklar genomgick en kvalitetsgranskning och därefter utfördes en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Det framkom i resultatet sex teman: sjukvårdsinsatsernas betydelse, medicineringens betydelse, alliansens betydelse, delat beslutsfattande, ständigt kämpande och stigmatisering. Slutsatser: Föräldrar hade ett stort behov av tillräckligt stöd och insatser vid behandling av ADHD och medicineringen hade en avgörande roll i behandlingen. Föräldrar upplevde även att det saknades stödgrupper och färdighetsträning för dem med barn med enbart ADHD. Föräldrar kämpade ständigt med sina barn med ADHD och många kände sig stigmatiserade av sin omgivning och samhället. Betydelsefullt i vården är att föräldrar känner ett förtroendeförhållande till vårdpersonal. Föräldrar till barn med ADHD fick mindre delat beslutsfattande än de föräldrarna med barn med fysiska diagnoser.
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Milberg, Anna. "Family members' experience of palliative home care /." Linköping : Univ, 2003. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2003/med821s.pdf.
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Stone, Julia Clarke. "The countertransference experience of beginning family therapists." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12172008-063652/.
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Mueth, Libby Anne. "COSTUMING THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A GHOSTLY EXPERIENCE." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1920.
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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LIBBY MUETH, for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Theater, presented on April 8, 2016, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: COSTUMING THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A GHOSTLY EXPERIENCE MAJOR PROFESSOR: Wendi Zea In October 2015 the Department of Theater at Southern Illinois University produced the musical The Addams Family. This thesis is an exhibition of the process for designing the show from analysis to the audience. The Addams Family was a nostalgic romp that has its roots in the Family Charles Addams developed in his one panel cartoons, which grew into television shows, movies, and has most recently blossomed in to a musical. Our production focused on honing the kooky familiar family and joining them with the new lively ancestors. Chapter 1 walks through the analysis of the show and wraps up with a brief look at the goals for the process. The second chapter addresses the design process. Chapter 3 describes how we went from design to stage. Chapter 4 examines the technical week and performance. The last chapter explores how the goals were met and how I developed as an artist. In the appendices is a collection of roughs, renderings, paper work, and show images.
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Tyerman, Emma. "Family experience after paediatric acquired brain injury." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2015. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/76531/.
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This thesis explores family experiences after paediatric Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). ABI can result in physical, cognitive and psychological difficulties (Royal College of Physicians& British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2003). Given its wide-ranging impact, ABI is likely to have an effect on the family. However, there is limited qualitative research exploring the lived experiences of siblings of children with ABI, and none that focuses specifically on sibling relationships. There is more research exploring parents’ experience of this same phenomenon but a lack of synthesis of this knowledge. My thesis seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic review of parents’ experiences and qualitative research on sibling experience. In the literature review, I systematically searched three databases and identified fourteen qualitative papers that met the inclusion criteria. These were synthesised in line with Noblit and Hare’s (1988) guidelines. Three themes emerged, representing the challenges that parents experience with a child with ABI: (1) Disconnection: Cut off from internal emotions and isolated from society; (2) Seeking understanding and support to manage in an insecure world; (3) New parent to a different child. In the research project, I used semi-structured interviews with five siblings (aged between 9-12) and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to understand their experience of the sibling relationship after ABI. This resulted in four themes: (1)Coping with “a nightmare that you live”; (2)Disconnection from family relationships; (3)My sibling is different but “still the same underneath all this thing”; and (4)Changing togetherness. These themes showed high levels of distress alongside attempts to adjust to a changed sibling and sibling relationship. In the third section of this thesis, I critically appraise the above papers and consider strengths and weakness, challenges and recommendations for future research. I hope that this paper will inform future researchers interviewing children, particularly within ABI.
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Annelie, Kolling. "Hur upplever vuxna med ADHD sitt dagliga liv?" Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-31302.
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Sammanfattning Bakgrund: Det har skett en kraftig ökning av användandet av centralstimulerande läkemedel som medicinering vid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, uppmärksamhets- och hyperaktivitetsstörning). Funktionsnedsättningen kan ge symtom som uppmärksamhetssvårigheter, överaktivitet, impulsivitet samt avsaknad av impulskontroll. Dessa symtom kan bidra till betydande svårigheter i vardagen. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva hur vuxna med ADHD upplever sitt dagliga liv. Metod: En beskrivande litteraturstudie baserat på nio vetenskapliga artiklar. Huvudresultat: Alla deltagare beskrev upplevda symtom som hyperaktivitet, impulsivitet, ouppmärksamhet, glömska och känslan av att vara oorganiserad. Symtomen påverkade deltagaren negativt inom flera områden i deras liv, som till exempel svårigheten av att påbörja och slutföra något men även att upprätthålla en relation. Flertalet av deltagare valde att medicinera för att få hjälp med symtomen men behövde också använda sig av strategier som hjälp i vardagen. Några deltagare beskrev ett behov av att självmedicinera med alkohol och narkotika. Slutsats: För en person med ADHD är upplevelsen av sin funktionsnedsättning individuellt och behöver bemötas utifrån detta, det vill säga bemöta personen på den nivå där denne befinner sig. Ett individanpassat bemötande för att öka delaktigheten. När samhället och framför allt sjukvården inte lever upp till detta påverkas personen negativt. Samhället behöver mer kunskap och information, för att alla personer oavsett om man har ADHD eller inte, är det viktigt att känna sig delaktig i samhället. Detta skulle leda till mindre lidande och en större förståelse för hur personer med ADHD fungerar och en god omvårdnad samt de skulle känna sig mera delaktiga i sin vård.Abstract: Background: There has been a significant increase in the use of stimulants medication in used for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The impairment could cause symptoms such as attention deficit, overactivity, impulsivity and lack of impulse control. These symptoms could contribute to significant difficulties in everyday life. Aim: The purpose was to describe how adults with ADHD experience their daily lives. Method: A descriptive literature study based on nine scientific articles. Main results: All participants described perceived symptoms as hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention, oblivion, and the feeling of being disorganized. The symptoms affected the participant negatively in several areas of their life, such as the difficulty of starting and completing something but also maintaining a relationship. Most of the participants chose to medicate to get help with the symptoms but also needed to use strategies to help in everyday life. Some participants also described a need to self-medicate with alcohol and drugs. Conclusion: For people with ADHD, the experience of their disability is individual and needs to be addressed properly, that is, to meet them at their own level. When the healthcare system does not live up to this, the person is negatively affected. Society needs more knowledge and information so that all people, whether you have ADHD or not, can feel involved in the community. A higher knowledge would lead to less suffering, a greater understanding of how people with ADHD acts, improved nursing care and feeling of better involvement in their own care.
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Hudson, Caroline. "Young people's experience of family and schooling : how important is family structure?" Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a9bcdeea-5444-4478-b9e5-6dea3c056c09.
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The thesis concludes that, overall, commonly used categories of family structure do little to inform understanding of the experience of family and schooling of these 32 young people; the boundaries around the categories of family structure are permeable.
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Kuusela, Anna, and Sara Olsson. "Erfarenheter av bemötande i skolan hos elever med ADHD diagnos." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för omvårdnad - grundnivå, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-9477.
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Background: ADHD is a neuropsychiatric diagnosis that has increased in recent years. When students start school and the requirements to be able to concentrate increases visibility students with ADHD clearer. Students' perceptions of the school environment is affected by the school's response. Aim and method: The aim of this literature review is to describe experiences of being treated at school as a student with an ADHD diagnose. Results: Students' experiences was affected by the response of teachers and classmates depended on if their approach were friendly or not. Students experienced non friendly approach as an insult. They feel lower self-esteem, became sad and angry, they got worse outcomes, feel excluded when replaced in remedial classes. When teachers and classmates were friendly in their approach students could experience joy and happiness, they understood the instructions better and had they felt like there was in the group. An important part of the experience was also due to how much knowledge the teachers had about the diagnosis, what demands they made and how the school environment in general looked. Students' perception was that the teachers with more knowledge had better approach which also classmates embraced and student feelings became less stressful and that feeling of exclusion reduced. Conclusion: This study provides a deeper understanding of how students with ADHD experience their education and treatment in their school enviroment. These findings may be useful in the school environment, by health care and other care contexts.
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Lucas, Therese, and Marina Pettersson. "Hur föräldrar till barn med ADHD upplever bemötandet av vårdpersonal inom hälso-och sjukvården : En beskrivande litteraturstudie." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Medicin- och vårdvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23987.
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Background: About five percent of Swedish children have been diagnosed with ADHD until 2016. Living with ADHD can involve multiple trials both for the child and the parents. Upon investigation and diagnosing of the ADHD the parents of these children have to face various health personnels with different skills in health care. Aim: To describe how parents of children with ADHD experience the interactions with the health personnels in healthcare and to review the study groups in the included articles. Method: A literature study with a descriptive design based on 12 scientific articles. The articles were found in the MEDLINE database through PubMed and in the database CINAHL. Results: Parents of children suspected of having or had already been diagnosed with ADHD experienced feelings of guilt, helplessness, the feeling of being questioned as a parent and a lack of support and understanding in the encounter with health personnel. The results also showed that many parents felt that they had insufficient information and knowledge about ADHD. Helath personnel could also show an authoritarian attitude which could create feelings of inferiority and being neglected. Survey teams reported a total number of 703 participants. Mothers were overrepresented as guardians. Only three of the articles declared age of the participants. Countries that were represented in the articles were the US, Britain, Italy, China, Taiwan, Norway, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden. Conclusion: Parents need support, understanding and information from health personnel to more easily handle the child's ADHD diagnosis and the familys situation. If health personnel obtain knowledge about how parents experience the encounter with health personnel nursing care of the child can be improved.Bakgrund: Cirka fem procent av svenska barn har fram till år 2016 diagnostiserats med ADHD. Att leva med ADHD kan innebära flera prövningar både för barnet och dess föräldrar. Vid utredning och diagnostisering av ADHD kan föräldrar till dessa barn möta flera olika personalgrupper inom hälso-och sjukvården med olika kompetenser. Syfte: Att beskriva hur föräldrar till barn med ADHD upplever bemötandet från vårdpersonal inom hälso-och sjukvården samt att granska de inkluderade artiklarnas undersökningsgrupper. Metod: Litteraturstudie med en deskriptiv design baserat på 12 vetenskapliga artiklar. De vetenskapliga artiklarna söktes i databasen MEDLINE, via sökmotorn PubMed, och i databasen CINAHL. Huvudresultat: Föräldrar till barn som misstänktes ha eller redan hade diagnostiserats med ADHD upplevde känslor av skuld, maktlöshet, känslan av att vara ifrågasatt som förälder samt brist på stöd och förståelse i mötet med hälso-och sjukvårdspersonal. Resultatet visade även att många föräldrar upplevde att de fått bristfällig information och kunskap om ADHD. Vidare kunde hälso-och sjukvårdspersonal visa en auktoritär attityd vilket kunde skapa känslor av underlägsenhet och att bli nonchalerad. Undersökningsgrupperna visade på totalt 703 antal deltagare. Mödrar var överrepresenterade som vårdnadshavare. Endast tre av artiklarna redovisade ålder på deltagarna. Länder som fanns representerade i artiklarna var USA, Storbritannien, Italien, Kina, Taiwan, Norge, Tyskland, Spanien, Frankrike, Nederländerna, Finland och Sverige. Slutsats: Föräldrar behöver stöd, förståelse och information av hälso-och sjukvårdspersonal för att lättare kunna hantera barnets ADHD diagnos och familjens situation. Om hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal erhåller kunskap om hur föräldrar upplever mötet med vården kan omvårdnaden av barnet förbättras.
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Kindleman, Brenda Lynette. "A family member's experience of cadaveric organ donation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0009/MQ60082.pdf.
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Ball, Louise Elaine. "Attempted suicide in the family : the siblings' experience." Thesis, City University London, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.538332.
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Eze, Ngozi. "Balancing Career and Family: The Nigerian Woman's Experience." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4055.
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Nigerian women have become more integrated into the workforce, but this integration has led to conflicts between work and family responsibilities. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of Nigerian women regarding challenges and strategies in management and leadership positions in relation to their domestic lives and responsibilities. Liberal and social feminist theory and gendered leadership theory were used as the conceptual framework of the study. The findings of this study came from data obtained from semistructured interviews with 15 Nigerian women in leadership and management positions regarding their perceptions and lived experiences of balancing work and family responsibilities. The data analysis consisted of using a modified Van Kaam process, which resulted in 7 themes including multiple roles make balance difficult, supportive husband as a key to balance, and the role of God in supporting and guiding the women. The findings of this study could contribute to positive social change by providing necessary information regarding how Nigerian women perceive their roles in management and leadership positions as they grapple with the challenges of pursuing a career and maintaining their families, leading to more informed organizations and policymakers. This study includes findings about how women perform and are evaluated as managers, which could eventually influence hiring practices by highlighting the barriers and strategies to overcome them as experienced by Nigerian women in management positions.
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Roberts, Della Kim. "The family experience with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24422.
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This study was designed to gain an understanding of the family experience when an adult member has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is recognized that illness within the family affects the well-being of the family unit and the health of all members. To understand the impact of COPD upon the family, however, the literature provides only knowledge of the experience of the individual who has COPD and the spouse, not that of the family unit. Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe and explain the COPD experience from the perspective of the family unit.
A qualitative method, phenomenology, was chosen for this investigation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with eight families who shared their experiences. From the content analysis of these data, three themes that were common throughout the families' accounts were identified and developed to describe and explain family life with COPD.
The first theme, disease-dictated family life, describes four aspects of a common lifestyle that is imposed on the family by the characteristics of COPD. The second theme, isolation, describes the isolation that accompanies the illness experience, for the family group and the individual members within the group. The final theme, family work, describes the four primary challenges the families face and the coping strategies they use to deal with them. These findings revealed that COPD acts as an intense stressor within the family, requiring extensive family work to cope with COPD in a way that maintains the well-being of the family unit. Furthermore, it was found that living with COPD in many ways inhibits the resources within the family and those external sources of support that foster the family's ability to manage the stress associated with living with COPD. The implications for nursing practice and nursing research were delineated in light of the research findings.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Celebration and Ceremony: Recreating the Residency Experience." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6959.
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Johansson, May-Gunn. "Föräldrars upplevelser då barnet har ADHD liknande symtombild." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-1242.
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The aim of this essay is to examine how parents to children with large undiagnosed behaviour problems experience the parent role and the support they can obtain in their role as parents.
To get a deeper description of the parent’s situation a qualitative method is used for the study. The interview carried out through a personal meeting and a question schedule with opened questions where used.
The answers of the interview show that parents experience lot of problems. The children don’t get the support in school that the parent think they need because the child don’t have diagnose. Some of the parents think that diagnose can affect the future for the child and therefore they don’t want the child to get one. The parents is left alone with the problem, schools phone home and ask for help with the child, neighbour complains, everyday conflict that has to be sorted out, friendship get broken because of no one can carry out the child, dread and worry about the future for the child. All this get the result that the burden on the parents is enormous and they need support with the children.
Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur föräldrar till barn med odiagnostiserade stora koncentrations- och uppmärksamhetsstörningar och stor impulsivitet upplever sin situation som förälder samt möjlighet och tillgång till stöd i föräldrarollen.
För att få en djupare beskrivning av föräldrarnas situation har en kvalitativ metod används till studien. Studien grundas på fyra intervjuer med föräldrar till barn med dessa problem.
Resultatet av intervjuerna har visat att föräldrarna till dessa barn möter många problem i sin roll. Barnen får inte det stöd som föräldrarna tycker att de har behov av vilket föräldrarna tror beror på att barnen är odiagnostiserade.
Några av föräldrarna är rädda för att låta barnen få diagnos då de känner oro för att en diagnos skulle få konsekvenser för barnets framtid.
Föräldrarna är ofta lämnade ensamma med problemet, skolan ringer och ber föräldrarna om hjälp med barnet, grannarna klagar och varje dag består av konflikter att reda upp. Relationer bryts då ingen orkar med barnets beteende och vardagen består av ständig oro och ångest för barnets framtid. Detta visar att belastningen på föräldrarna är enorm och att det finns behov av extra stöd för dessa föräldrar.
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Samson, Piers. "The experience of counselling for individuals with particular learning disabilities." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1388.
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Clients with specific deficits in communication, memory, processing of information, or attention, may have difficulties with the counselling process. This study was been designed to explore the experiences of individuals with these specific deficits in counselling, and thereby increase awareness of the existence and effect of possible barriers or supports in the counselling process. The methodology used was Interpretive Description, developed by Sally Thorne (Sally Thorne, Kirkham, & O'Flynn-Magee, 2004). Ten individuals with particular learning disabilities (one or more of the above deficits) who have experienced counselling were interviewed. Up to four interviews were conducted with each participant; one screening interview, an initial interview, an optional interview including a significant other, and a member check at the end of the study. The researcher recorded a field and research journal during data collection. For the initial and optional interviews the researcher gathered transcripts, and then immersed himself in the data, in order to find themes about the participants’ experiences of counselling. The participants confirmed themes for accuracy and completeness. Finally, four participants contributed a short paragraph at the end of the thesis, nine participants contributed drawings that represented their counselling experience, and five participants created poses representing their relationship with their therapist. These alternate forms of data were used as further evidence in the study. The data gathered demonstrated that participants believed that they needed a more flexible approach to therapy which depended on having a safe relationship with a therapist that was sensitive to their needs. Although certain kinds of counselling processes were preferred by certain participants, the participants’ particular cognitive deficits were not the determining factors of what kinds of help the participants wanted in therapy. Rather, the participants were more interested in the creation of a counselling process based on a collaborative approach between them and their therapist, dependant on the participant’s knowledge about his or her needs and the therapist’s experience in counselling and with learning disabilities.
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Jone-Wild, Rachel. "A gay nuclear family? : how do gay men and lesbians experience and conceptualise family." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531733.
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Larsen, Moen Øyfrid. "Everyday life in families with a child with ADHD and public health nurses’ conceptions of their role." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-30940.
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ADHD is one of the most common behavioral disorders diagnosed in children. These children have difficulties regarding the regulation of emotions, maintaining attention and impulse control, all of which influence family and social life. The aim of this study was to describe and explore the everyday life of families with a child with ADHD and public health nurses’ role in relation to these families. The parents were contending with- and adapting to the parental role and social network. The family attempted to safeguard a functioning family in managing their everyday life, tuning themselves in on the child’s shifting moods, using strict boundaries and developing special skills. The family fought for acceptance and inclusion when interacting with their social network and professionals. Parents with ADHD and families with non-medicated children reported more problems in family functioning. Characteristics in parents and the child with ADHD, as well as support from the social network and community health services, all influenced family functioning. The PHNs described their role as both a peripheral and collaborating partner, asking for guidelines and multidisciplinary collaboration. The public health nurse is in a unique position to support and supervise these families.Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to describe and explore everyday life in families with a child with ADHD and public health nurses’ role in relation to these families. Methods: An explorative and descriptive design with qualitative and quantitative methods was used. In Study I, data was collected with individual interviews with nine parents, and analyzed using phenomenology. In Study II, the data was collected with individual interviews with 17 family members, and analyzed with phenomenography. In Study III, data was collected with a questionnaire responded by 265 parents, and analyzed with statistics. In Study IV, data was collected with group- and individual interviews with 19 public health nurses, and analyzed with phenomenography. Main findings: The families’ everyday life was influenced by living in unpredictability, though they were striving for predictability. The experience of being a parent was described as contending and adapting every day, like windsurfing in unpredictable waters (I). The family tried to safeguard a functioning family in managing their everyday life and developing special skills, within the family and the society. They fought for acceptance and inclusion in relation to the social network and professionals (II). Parents’ sense of coherence, children’s behavior, support from social networks and community health services had all an impact on family functioning (III). The PHNs described their role as both a peripheral and a collaborating partner and they asked for guidelines and multidisciplinary collaboration (IV). Conclusions: Everyday life in families with ADHD is both demanding and giving. Acceptance and support from the social network and supervision from the professionals are essential. The public health nurse is in a unique position to support and supervise these families.
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Seipp, Carla Marguerite. "Acceptability of treatments for childhood ADHD : the influence of experience, treatment demands, and side effects." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5622.
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Parental treatment preferences for children's mental health treatment have received the
most attention using the construct of treatment acceptability. Research has reported that
mothers generally endorse greater treatment acceptability for behavioral parent training
(BPT) compared to stimulant medication for the treatment of symptoms of childhood
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). My study investigated the influence
of experience parenting a child with ADHD in moderating mothers' ratings of treatment
acceptability for these two treatments. I also investigated the influence of communicating
information regarding the demands of BPT and the probability of experiencing side
effects of stimulant medication on mothers' acceptability ratings. To expand the
measurement of treatment acceptability beyond the usual rating scale approach, I also
used a measure of treatment preferences. Mothers reported which treatment (BPT vs.
medication) they would recommend and why, if they were advising the parent of a child
with ADHD. Participants included 71 mothers of boys with ADHD and a comparison
group of 71 mothers of boys without behavioral problems. As predicted experience with
ADHD moderated treatment acceptability. Mothers in the comparison group endorsed
greater acceptability for BPT compared to medication; however, mothers in the ADHD
group did not differ in ratings of acceptability for BPT and medication. In addition,
mothers in the ADHD group endorsed greater treatment acceptability for stimulant
medication compared to mothers in the comparison group. The two groups of mothers did
not differ in their ratings of acceptability for BPT. This difference also emerged on the
alternate measure of treatment acceptability. Mothers in the ADHD group were over six
times more likely to report that they would recommend stimulant medication over BPT,
compared to mothers in the comparison group. Although mothers identified treatment
demands and risks as important contributors to their choice, varying the communication
of this information did not influence ratings of treatment acceptability or treatment
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Aggebrink, Jenny, Stefan Larsson, and Carina Wikås. "Unga vuxnas erfarenheter av att ha fått diagnosen ADHD." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-25476.
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Att leva med ADHD innefattar en rad problem som hos den drabbade individen kan leda till sociala svårigheter och i förlängningen till ytterligare psykiska sjukdomstillstånd, såsom ångest och depression. Det är därför angeläget att undersöka unga människors egna erfarenheter av vad det innebär att ha fått diagnosen ADHD, för att finna vägar som kan reducera riskerna som kommer med diagnosen. Denna studie riktar sig till unga vuxna med ADHD och syftar till att öka kunskapen om de unga vuxnas erfarenheter av att ha fått diagnosen ADHD. Till studien rekryterades fyra unga kvinnor som alla hade fått sin diagnos inom det gångna året. Informanterna randomiserades ur ett barnpsykiatriskt register inom Region Halland. Informanterna tillfrågades via telefon och vid intervjutillfället genom erhölls skriftlig information samt samtyckesformulär. Studiens resultat visar på sambandet mellan ADHD och andra problem. Flertalet av informanterna hade känslor av utanförskap och svårigheter med att passa in med flertalet misslyckande i sin historia. Att ha fått en diagnos bidrog till att få sina bekymmer förklarade inte minst för sig själv men även för sin omgivning. Studiens resultat visade även på gruppens rädsla inför att byta vårdkontakt främst gällande övergången från barnpsykiatri till vuxenpsykiatri. Den aktuella studien visade att det är vanligt med olika problem hos individer som har ADHD men även vilken betydande personlig vinst det kunde innebära att få diagnos och därmed den hjälp som är anpassad. Då studien enbart är gjord på fyra informanter är resultatet inte generaliserbart. Dock kan studien användas som bakgrund till en större studie med fler informanter. Kunskapsläget på området är idag bristfälligt då det handlar om enskildas individers erfarenheter. Studien kan därmed bidra till att ytterligare undersökningar genomförs och med det kan vården förbättras och anpassas ytterligare för att gynna patienterna.Living with ADHD can lead to a number of problems for the individuals receiving the diagnosis. Social- and psychological difficulties and other mental illnesses like depression and anxiety are all conditions that can occur when individuals are diagnosed with ADHD. Based on these facts it is urgent to examine young adult’s own experiences of what it means to live with an ADHD diagnosis to find ways to reduce the risks following the diagnosis. This study’s aim turns focus on young adults with ADHD, and the purpose is to increase the knowledge in what’s important after receiving a diagnosis from a nursing perspective. Four young women who all had received their diagnosis during the past year were recruited to the study. The informants were randomized from a children's psychiatric registry in Region Halland . The informants were contacted by phone and asked to participate in the study. Before the interviews started they were asked to fill in a consent form. The findings from your study clearly show a correlation between ADHD and other troubles in young adults everyday life. The majority of the informants describe feelings of exclusion with multiple failures in adaption as a result. Receiving a diagnosis contributed to get an explanation for their troubles, not only for themselves but to their environment as well. The result of the study also show the group's fear of changing health care contact mainly concerning the transition from child psychiatry for adult psychiatry. The study shows a high prevalence of trouble among individuals who have ADHD but also what an enormous personal profit it may mean getting diagnosis when the support can be individually adjusted. The study is based on only four informants and the result is therefore not possible to generalize on a larger group, however, the study can be used as background for a larger study with more informants. The current state of scientific knowledge in the field today are insufficient and most facts are based on individuals own experiences. We hope that our findings can contribute to further research that can benefit the nursing care for the patients.
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Allison, Amber L. "A Multi-Gene by Environment Perspective of ADHD Symptomatology in Young Children." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1728.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heritable disorder, which has detrimental effects on childhood development and is associated with maladaptive functioning in adulthood. Despite this, we are far from an understanding of the etiology and possible trajectories of ADHD, possibly due to investigations focusing on the contribution of single genes. In fact, single genes are likely not influential enough to alter behavior, but the additive effect of many genes may predispose an individual toward certain behaviors. Further, environmental input can activate or suppress genetic expression, thereby leading to vast individual differences in both normative behavior and psychopathological illness, including ADHD. This study investigated the effect of cumulative genetic sensitivity across three dopaminergic polymorphisms (DRD2 A1, DRD4 7R, and DAT1 10R) on ADHD symptomatology in very young children. In addition, we were interested in the G x E associations with ADHD symptomatology. Findings provide novel evidence regarding the effects of dopamine polymorphisms on inattention, and thus ADHD, symptomatology in very young children. Specifically, the findings suggest that the cumulative effect of genetic sensitivity across several dopamine polymorphisms predicts severity of symptomatology, particularly in males. In addition, a robust G x E interaction emerged, whereby a specific genetic predisposition moderated the effect of family context on behavior. This finding, lending support to the BSC model and the differential susceptibility hypothesis, suggests that genetic sensitivity can moderate environmental influence, for better and for worse.
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Ferguson, Frances E. "Work-family conflict, the experience of women business owners." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ32108.pdf.
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Holloway, Mark. "Acquired brain injury : the lived experience of family members." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/71076/.
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Family members are themselves affected by the impact of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) upon their relatives and they play an important role in the rehabilitation and long term support required. The study aims to understand how families are impacted and their views on the formal and informal support received directly or indirectly as a consequence of the ABI. To date there has been very little research undertaken by social workers in relation to ABI and/or the experience of family members. A mixed methods research design was employed to capture the lived experience of family members of people with ABI. The results of the quantitative and qualitative data were triangulated against the literature. An online survey was completed by 110 relatives of people with an ABI, seeking their experience of the condition, its impact upon their lives and their views of services. The results of the survey were collated and organised in SPSS (version 24). Non-parametric Spearman's Rho Correlations (non-parametric test) were performed upon the results. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 family members of people with severe ABI to ascertain the family members' experience of their relatives' condition, its impact upon them and their views of the associated formal and informal support received. Inductive thematic analysis of the transcribed interview data was undertaken to identify themes. The quantitative element of the research identified strong correlations between the relative's assessment of the invisible impairments suffered by those with an ABI (cognitive, executive, behavioural and emotional difficulties) and lack of insight. This correlation was not present in relation to physical impairment. It was observed that increased loss of insight and behavioural difficulties were strongly correlated with loss of friendships by the non-injured family member. The results of the inductive thematic analysis identified 7 themes which were: 1: The Context 2: The All-Encompassing Challenge 3: Family Loss and Grief 4: The Unavoidable Burden 5: The Poor Experience of Support 6: Positive Support and Change 7: The Curator of Narrative The research identified that family members' experience is complex and enduring, encompassing most aspects of life, and is affected by the context in which it occurs as well as by formal and informal support structures. The particular nature of the grief and loss experienced by families is ambiguous, develops over time and leads to ambivalent feelings for family members who perceive no option but to remain involved. Informal and formal support frequently fails to take account of the reality and complexity of the condition and fails to integrate the relative by recognising their own losses and trauma. Relatives' views on the services received identified significant gaps in practitioner knowledge, most especially of those aspects of life that were of most concern to them, the invisible impairments and issues with insight. Practitioners that were valued were more likely to be specialists in the condition and practiced as “expert companions” supporting the relative to develop a new “neuro-narrative” to reconstruct their identity in the face of their ongoing grief. The specific nature of the condition requires such an approach if input is to be effective. Greater understanding of the complex lived experience of family members may support more effective responses to both them and the individual with ABI, integrating services and families to improve quality-of-life. As ABI is a process with changes to functioning developing over time, the information and knowledge required by loving and supportive relatives needs to be created with them, being person-, family-, injury-and-context-specific.
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Bradley, Paul. "The family experience of frontotemporal dementia : a qualitative study." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2009. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/403/.
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Overview This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. It comprises of a research and a clinical volume. Volume I Volume I is the research component of the thesis. It consists of two papers, the first of which is a review of the literature that uses ‘Theory of Mind’ (ToM) tasks with people with frontal-variant frontotemporal dementia (fvFTD). All the research identified is systematically appraised in terms of the methodology and the quality of the published reports. The evidence indicates that ToM is impaired in people with fvFTD; however more robust findings were evident from research which comprehensively measured neuropsychological functioning and used established and well known ToM tests. More recent research has diversified into exploring other aspects of social cognition, such as emotional processing and empathy, and their relationships with ToM. The nominated journal for this review paper is ‘Neuropsychologia’. The second paper is a qualitative research project that explores the experiences of family members of people living with fvFTD. The research questions were: How does the development of fvFTD in a working age person affect the family experience of living with that person, and how might mental health services respond to the needs of those family members? Individual in-depth interviews were carried out with six relatives (including partners, a sibling, and an adult child), and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the data resulting in the emergence of four main themes. The findings demonstrate how family caregivers of people with fvFTD have to contend with specific behavioural challenges and personality changes associated with the condition. The study also indicates that knowledge about fvFTD is lacking in both carers and professionals alike, causing uncertainty and long periods waiting for a diagnosis, which adds to the burden of care for these people. Services need to be developed to cater for specific individual needs and awareness needs to be raised in all health care services. The nominated journal for this research paper is ‘Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice’. Volume II Volume II is the clinical component of the thesis, which consists of five clinical practice reports (CPRs) that describe and evaluate clinical work carried out during clinical placements throughout the training course. The first CPR ‘Psychological Models’ formulates the case of an 18-year-old woman with anxiety symptoms from a systemic and a cognitive perspective. The second CPR ‘Small Scale Service-Related Research Project’ is a qualitative evaluation of a drop-in service for young people leaving care. The third CPR ‘Single Case Experimental Design’ evaluates the intervention designed to support a woman with a moderate learning disability and behaviour that challenged services. The fourth CPR ‘Case Study’ details the neuropsychological assessment of an 81-year-old man with memory problems. The fifth CPR was presented orally and it describes the use of Cognitive Analytic Therapy with a woman presenting with anxiety following treatment for breast cancer. The abstract is included here only.