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Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd): Relationship Between Parental Symptomatology, Child Behaviors, And Parenting Behaviors, Robyn Jeppson-Frandsen
Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd): Relationship Between Parental Symptomatology, Child Behaviors, And Parenting Behaviors, Robyn Jeppson-Frandsen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience impairment in cognitive, scholastic/vocational and interpersonal domains. The goal of this study was to gain more information how adult ADHD symptomatology impacts parenting behaviors, specifically, overreactivity and laxness. This study found that parental ADHD symptoms were associated with greater overreactive parenting behavior. Differences between mothers and fathers were assessed and no significant difference in ADHD symptomatology or parenting behaviors were found. The combination of adult ADHD symptoms and child behavior, above and beyond parental depression, was found to be a statistically significant predictor of parental overreactive behavior, while this was not the case for …
Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Quality Improvement Project, Danielle Miller
Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Quality Improvement Project, Danielle Miller
Doctoral Projects
Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) vary widely in their symptom presentation and functional deficits, which can make management in the primary care setting challenging for providers (Morstedt, Corbisiero, Bitto, & Stieglitz, 2015). Measurement-based care is common in the management of medical disease, however is rarely used as standard practice in treatment of psychiatric disorders (Waldrop & McGuinness, 2017). As a result, treatment for psychiatric conditions, such as ADHD, may vary widely among clinicians and may result suboptimal treatment and patient outcomes (Waldrop & McGuinness, 2017). The proposed solution was to introduce the use of a standardized measurement tool …
Assessing The Validity Of The Quotient Adhd System And Its Value In A Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment Battery For Adult Adhd, Hillary Ammon Scharf
Assessing The Validity Of The Quotient Adhd System And Its Value In A Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment Battery For Adult Adhd, Hillary Ammon Scharf
PCOM Psychology Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Quotient ADHD System (the Quotient) as a tool for the assessment of adult ADHD. At the time of this study, the Quotient was a widely accepted measure, yet there was a paucity of empirical evidence for its use with adults. This study reviewed the relationship between adult participants’ (N = 151) scores on two self-reported measures, the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS) and the Barkley Adult ADHD Rating Scale – IV (BAARS-IV), and the Quotient at a university-based ADHD-specialty outpatient clinic in a large …