Life Gets Better: Important Resilience Factors When Growing Up With ADHD
Abstract
Growing up with ADHD was associated with both challenges and positives, but the main resilience theme was that life gets better. A variety of resilience factors contributed to this, but relational and environmental factors seemed particularly important. Acceptance, both from society and self-acceptance, were related to all resilience factors in various ways indicating that better knowledge of ADHD might foster better understanding and acceptance of children and adolescents with ADHD.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchCategories
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