OBJECTIVE: Little is known about perceptions surrounding academic interventions for ADHD that determine intervention feasibility. METHOD: As part of a longitudinal mixed-methods research project, representative school district samples of 148 adolescents (54.8%), 161 parents (59.4%), 122 teachers (50.0%), 46 health care providers (53.5%), and 92 school health professionals (65.7%) completed a cross-sectional survey. They also answered open-ended questions addressing undesirable intervention effects, which were analyzed using grounded theory methods. RESULTS: Adolescents expressed significantly lower receptivity toward academic interventions than adult respondents. Stigma emerged as a significant threat to ADHD intervention feasibility, as did perceptions that individualized interventions foster inequality. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that adolescents' viewpoints must be included in intervention development to enhance feasibility and avoid interventions acceptable to adults, but resisted by adolescents.
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about perceptions surrounding academic interventions for ADHD that determine intervention feasibility. METHOD: As part of a longitudinal mixed-methods research project, representative school district samples of 148 adolescents (54.8%), 161 parents (59.4%), 122 teachers (50.0%), 46 health care providers (53.5%), and 92 school health professionals (65.7%) completed a cross-sectional survey. They also answered open-ended questions addressing undesirable intervention effects, which were analyzed using grounded theory methods. RESULTS: Adolescents expressed significantly lower receptivity toward academic interventions than adult respondents. Stigma emerged as a significant threat to ADHD intervention feasibility, as did perceptions that individualized interventions foster inequality. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that adolescents' viewpoints must be included in intervention development to enhance feasibility and avoid interventions acceptable to adults, but resisted by adolescents.
Authors: Bernice A Pescosolido; Peter S Jensen; Jack K Martin; Brea L Perry; Sigrun Olafsdottir; Danielle Fettes Journal: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2008-03 Impact factor: 8.829
Authors: Brooke S G Molina; Stephen P Hinshaw; James M Swanson; L Eugene Arnold; Benedetto Vitiello; Peter S Jensen; Jeffery N Epstein; Betsy Hoza; Lily Hechtman; Howard B Abikoff; Glen R Elliott; Laurence L Greenhill; Jeffrey H Newcorn; Karen C Wells; Timothy Wigal; Robert D Gibbons; Kwan Hur; Patricia R Houck Journal: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2009-05 Impact factor: 8.829