Mentor
Dr. Kathryn Gerken
Participation year
2005
Project title

ADHD: Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge of Children

Abstract

in order to examine the beliefs, attitudes and knowledge children have regarding ADHD, interviews were conducted to assess these facts. Prior research (Hoza et. al, 2005) has found students with ADHD prefer not to have social interactions with peers who exhibit characteristics of ADHA. Therefore, the authors hypothesize that children with ADHD will have negative attitudes and be less likely to want to have positive relationships with peers who are described as having characteristics of ADHD. A convenience sample of 7 (5 boys, 2 girls) school-aged children who have been formally diagnosed or have characteristics of ADHD was collected from the Summer Training and Research (STAR) reading and behavior intervention program. Descriptive Statistics were used to analyze the data. Further analysis is underway as the researchers seek to compare the results of this study to previous research (Gerken, et. al, 1992).

Camille  Jones
Education
California State at Northridge