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An exploration of
parental stress and coping mechanisms, and the self-perceived effects on
their children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). |
AIMS:
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To collect global
demographic information and report on self-perceived health and mental
health issues related to stress and coping mechanisms of parents/caregivers
of children with ADHD.
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To provide an empirical
model of stress and coping for parents/caregivers of ADHD children, to
illustrate important specific behaviour and its transition between parent,
stress, and the need for effective coping mechanisms. It is posed that such
a model may help better educate parents/caregivers and ADHD children on the
stress and coping cycle of managing the disorder.
PARTICIPANTS:
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Participants must be parents
or caregivers of children who are diagnosed with ADHD, and are 18 years old
or over.
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Participation in the study
is purely voluntary (participants are free to withdraw from the study at
anytime, without questions or consequences).
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Individuals who volunteer to
participate in the study are welcome to do so through this project's
website, found either from search engines, links with other important ADHD
websites, or posted through our collaboration with ADHD online support
groups.
METHOD:
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Participation involves
completing the study's questionnaires about your experience with parenting a
child or children with ADHD, and what techniques you use to cope with any
stress you encounter.
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Responses will be collected
with other volunteer research participant responses and quantitatively
analyzed as an aggregated whole, ensuring that no individual responses are
identified.
SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS:
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Results from this one-time
questionnaire will expand knowledge from previous studies on parental stress
and coping, and will help reveal evidence for a previously unknown body of
knowledge on parental stress and coping of parents and caregivers with
children who are diagnosed with ADHD.
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The study's results will
assist in future development of strategies, which will better assist parents
and caregivers of ADHD children in coping with their stress.
DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS:
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