Cultural Variations in Parental Health Beliefs, Knowledge, and Information Sources Related to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Bussing, Regina; Gary, Faye A.; Mills, Terry; Garvan, Cynthia Wilson

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“…Bussing and colleagues examined parental etiological beliefs for ADHD in different ethnic groups (Bussing et al, 1998a;Bussing Gary, Mills, & Garvan, 2008;Bussing, Schoenberg, Rogers, Zima & Angus, 1998b). Results indicated that African American parents were more likely to label inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behavior as "problem" behavior, to consider their child "bad," and to believe that sugar had a role in their child's behavior, whereas White parents were more likely to use a medical label to describe their child's behavior (Bussing et al, 1998a;Bussing et al, 1998b).…”

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“…Results indicated that African American parents were more likely to label inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behavior as "problem" behavior, to consider their child "bad," and to believe that sugar had a role in their child's behavior, whereas White parents were more likely to use a medical label to describe their child's behavior (Bussing et al, 1998a;Bussing et al, 1998b). Additionally, they found that African American parents were less likely to have heard of ADHD, and few parents were aware of special services available to children with ADHD (Bussing et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many studies examining ethnic differences did not include Latinos in their samples (Bussing et al, 1998;Bussing et al, 2008). Studies that did include Latinos only included individuals who were proficient in English (Pham, Carlson, & Kosciulek, 2009).…”

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Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

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Adm Policy Ment Health

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ACCULTURATION, CULTURAL VALUES, AND LATINO PARENTAL BELIEFSABOUT THE ETIOLOGY OF ADHD Kathryn E. LawtonMarquette University, 2011Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders of childhood, but despite the availability of several evidencebased interventions, Latino children are more likely than non-minority children to have an unmet need for services related to ADHD. Because parental beliefs about the etiology of ADHD likely influence which services are sought, more research is needed to examine this aspect of help-seeking behavior in order to address the unmet need among Latino families. Specifically, research needs to focus on cultural factors that likely influence parental beliefs about the etiology of child behavior problems. Thus, the goal of the current study was to investigate the role of acculturation and cultural values of familismo, respeto, spirituality, and traditional gender roles in explaining parental etiological beliefs about ADHD in Latino parents. Participants in this study included 74 Latino parents. After watching a video portraying a Latino child exhibiting core symptoms and common functional problems associated with ADHD, parents completed a semi-structured interview that assessed etiological beliefs about the behavior of the child in the video, as well as a demographic questionnaire and measures of acculturation and cultural values. Neither Anglo orientation nor Latino orientation was significantly correlated with biopsychosocial or sociological/spiritual etiological beliefs. Additionally, none of the cultural values were significantly correlated with biopsychosocial etiological beliefs. The cultural values familismo and traditional gender roles were significantly positively correlated with sociological/spiritual beliefs. Exploratory analyses also were conducted to further examine sociological/spiritual beliefs. After controlling for SES, familismo and traditional gender roles accounted for 30.5% of the total variance in sociological/spiritual beliefs about ADHD. Finally, post hoc analyses were conducted to examine individual categories of etiological beliefs. The current study adds to our knowledge about how Latino parents understand child behavior and has important implications for both research and mental health services with Latino parents. The results support the inclusion of etiological beliefs and cultural factors in research examining help-seeking and access to mental health services among Latino families and suggest that the incorporation of alternative etiological beliefs about child behavior may be an important factor in culturally-appropriate mental health services.

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“…Studies support a link between socioeconomic status and parental reports of child ADHD symptoms and treatment outcomes (e.g., Larson et al 2011;Rieppi et al 2002). Socioeconomic level may impact a variety of factors related to parents' identification of child ADHD symptoms, including knowledge of ADHD (Bussing et al 2007) or access to mental health information and treatments (Larson et al 2011). Other studies consistently relate maternal depressive symptoms to inaccuracies or biases in reports of child ADHD symptoms (Chi and Hinshaw 2002;Johnston and Short 1993).…”

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The Effects of Instructions on Mothers’ Ratings of Child Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms

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Murray

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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We examined whether instructional materials describing how to rate child ADHD symptoms would improve the accuracy of mothers' ratings of ADHD symptoms presented in standard child behavior stimuli, and whether instructions would be equally effective across a range of maternal depressive symptoms and family incomes. A community sample of 100 mothers with 5 to 12 year old sons were randomly assigned to either receive or not receive the instructions. All mothers watched standard video recordings of boys displaying nonproblem behavior, ADHD symptoms, ADHD plus oppositional behaviors, or ADHD plus anxious behaviors, and then rated the ADHD symptoms of the boys in the videos. These ratings were compared to ratings of the boys' ADHD symptoms made by objective coders. Results indicated an interaction such that the instructional materials improved the agreement between mothers' and coders' ratings, but only for mothers at lower family income levels. The instructional materials improved all mothers' open-ended responses regarding knowledge of ADHD. All mothers rated more ADHD symptoms in boys with comorbid oppositional or anxious behaviors, and this effect was not reduced by the instructional materials. The potential utility of these instructions to improve the accuracy of ratings of child ADHD symptoms is explored.

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“…(Walker, 2004;Wilson, Dalberth, Koo & Gard, 2010;Stone, Ingham & Gibbins, 2013). However, only a few studies exist regarding the http: //dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.12.61 eISSN: 2357-1330 responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference 498 use of social media and of asynchronous discussions boards (or discussion forums) by parents seeking information regarding their children's health in general or on specific topics (e.g., pregnancy, early parenting, childhood obesity, mental health, congenital heart diseases and other chronic health conditions) (Appleton, Fowler & Brown, 2014;Bussing, Gary, Mills & Garvan, 2007;Goldman & Macpherson, 2006;Bouche & Migeot, 2008).…”

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Romanian Parents’ Use of the Internet: Optimizing Parenting Skills as Sexual Educators

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European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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There is a growing trend for parents to use the Internet and social media aiming to obtain parenting information and support. We present here an on-line exploration of the beliefs, concerns and needs that Romanian parents express regarding the sexual development and health of their children. Thematic analysis of discussions from social media and internet asynchronous discussion boards (two forums and one Facebook parenting group) is performed. In line with the existent literature, our preliminary data indicate that the major themes of parental discourse in Romania are information and advice seeking, experience and advice sharing and social support seeking. With respect to sexual health and education of children and young people, parents in Romania usually express the following themes in their online interactions with other parents: sex education significance; sexual development and sexual behaviour of children and young people; parenting sexually developing children and young people. It seems that parents do benefit from the social media interactions to a certain extent, especially by creating online support communities and accessing a considerable and diverse amount of information, but there are also concerns about the reliability of the information thus exchanged.

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Cultural Variations in Parental Health Beliefs, Knowledge, and Information Sources Related to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Cited by 48 publications

References 51 publications

Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

The Effects of Instructions on Mothers’ Ratings of Child Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms

Romanian Parents’ Use of the Internet: Optimizing Parenting Skills as Sexual Educators

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