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Learning how to live with a child with ADHD was a long and arduous process

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.2.2.60

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    Kendall J.Outlasting disruption: the process of reinvestment in families with ADHD children.Qual Health Res1998 Nov;8:839–57OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Question How do families with children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manage the ongoing and persistent difficulties caused by their children's ADHD symptoms?

    Design

    Grounded theory.

    Setting

    USA.

    Participants

    15 families (14 white) with ≥1 child with ADHD between the ages of 6 and 18 years. The ADHD child and ≥1 parent had to be willing to participate. 15 mothers, 10 fathers, 20 children with ADHD (mean age 11 y, 16 boys), and 14 siblings without ADHD (mean age 11 y, 8 boys) were interviewed. 5 families had a single mother, 7 had both biological parents living at home, and 3 had a biological mother and a stepfather.

    Methods

    109 individual and family open ended interviews, each lasting 30–90 minutes, were done in the home. Each person was asked to describe what it was like to live with ADHD or with an ADHD family member and how their family functioned. Second individual and family …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

    • For correspondence: Dr J Kendall, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Nursing, 3181 S W Sam Jackson Road, Portland, OR 97201–3098, USA. Fax +1 503 494 3878.