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SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH ADHD AND THEIR PARENTS
Andrea Bartolac
orcid.org/0000-0002-9472-5154
; Zdravstveno veleučilište, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Recognizing and understanding different causes and manifestations of children's behaviour carries importance for all professionals who work with children, regardless of whether their field of work is within the welfare system, health or education. It is especially so if the development of social competences of a child goes beyond the social expectations and norms. This paper focusses on social aspects of children’s self-control developmental difficulties and difficulties in social functioning called attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which have been investigated based on recent literature and research. The challenges faced by those children and their parents were described taking into consideration two aspects of the issue: developmental difficulties in a child’s self-regulation and adaptation causing social dysfunction, and facing the lack of social understanding. The paper gives a brief overview of studies that describe the attitudes of the social environment of a child with ADHD, as well as the stigma attributed to children and indirectly to their parents (the so-called courtesy stigma). Moreover, the paper describes the experience of parenting and challenges in upbringing in terms of coping with parenting stress, as well as several risks of social functioning of children and adolescents with ADHD found prominently in the literature. Finally, potentials of those children and possible factors of success in everyday life are highlighted, as well as a critical review of research methodology. The paper is aimed at professionals, who in their professional lives meet with children and young people who have difficulties with social adjustment, in order to understand the difficulties faced by these children and their parents better. In addition, a review of the international literature offers a framework for planning research which will be contextually appropriate for domestic researchers
Ključne riječi
ADHD; social functioning; attitudes; stigma; parenting stress
Hrčak ID:
112967
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.12.2013.
Posjeta: 7.024 *