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- Title
Turning Points in the Lives of Youth of With/Without ADHD: Are They Linked to Changes in Substance Use?
- Authors
Jensen, Peter S.; Yuki, Kumi; Murray, Desiree; Mitchell, John T.; Weisner, Thomas; Hinshaw, Steven; Molina, Brooke; Swanson, James; Arnold, L. Eugene; Hechtman, Lily; Wells, Karen
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>This study examines the behavior beliefs, social supports, and turning points in individuals with/without ADHD related to their substance use/abuse (SU/A) decisions.<bold>Method: </bold>The coded interviews from 60 participants with/without ADHD were compared for their SU/A decisions and precipitants with these decisions among abstainers, persisters, and desisters.<bold>Results: </bold>ADHD participants reported fewer social advantages to avoid SU/A than non-ADHD participants. Desisters and persisters reported more social advantages of using drugs than abstainers. Persisters reported both more negative and positive psychological/physiological effects of SU/A. ADHD participants reported fewer positive role models in their lives. Non-ADHD patients reported more positive turning points than ADHD participants, regardless of SU/A status.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>ADHD individuals face challenges in making healthy decisions about SU/A due to lack of positive role models. Reinforcing accurate behavioral beliefs may be important to change behaviors in individuals with SU/A or to prevent SU/A initiation in ADHD individuals.
- Publication
Journal of Attention Disorders, 2018, Vol 22, p38S
- ISSN
1087-0547
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1087054717700977