Teachers’ role and attitudes concerning ADHD medication: A qualitative analysis
| Autor: | Albert W. Wienen, Jeannette Doornenbal, Maruschka Sluiter, Laura Batstra, Ernst Thoutenhoofd |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Youth, Education and Society, Developmental Psychology, Developmental and behavioural disorders in education and care: assessment and intervention |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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STIMULANT MEDICATION
education CHILDREN DISORDER ADHD 2ND-GENERATION ANTIDEPRESSANTS DIAGNOSIS Ambivalence behavioral disciplines and activities Education School teachers Qualitative analysis ADOLESCENTS mental disorders adhd Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder KNOWLEDGE 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences OUTCOMES Medication use teachers onderwijs 05 social sciences 050301 education medicine.disease Clinical trial Attention deficit medication Personal experience FOLLOW-UP Psychology 0503 education CLINICAL-TRIALS 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychology in the Schools. John Wiley and Sons Inc. Psychology in the schools, 56(8), 1259-1270. Wiley |
| ISSN: | 1520-6807 0033-3085 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pits.22270 |
| Popis: | The increased use of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication by children has led to growing concerns. In a previous study, we found that many of the teachers that were interviewed about ADHD spontaneously associated ADHD with medication. The present study is a qualitative reanalysis of what precisely these 30 primary school teachers had spontaneously said about medication in our previous semi-structured interviews on ADHD. Almost all respondents had experience with pupils taking ADHD medication. The majority of spontaneously mentions medication as the treatment of ADHD. Attitudes towards ADHD medication use by pupils are mainly ambivalent, but more positive than negative effects of medication are reported. However, what teachers say about ADHD medication is often not based on sound information; their attitudes tend to be formed by personal experiences rather than founded on professional and scientific sources. We conclude from our analysis that it will be in the interest of reducing the number of children on ADHD medication that teachers have good access to verified and up-to-date information on ADHD and medication so that they are better supported in making evidence-based pedagogical judgments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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