Betydelsen av en ADHD-diagnos - En studie av sex självbiografiska berättelser
(2011) SOPA63 20111School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Title: The meaning of an ADHD-diagnosis
Supervisor: Tabitha Wright Nielsen
Assessor: Carina Tigervall
The aim of our study was to examine how it affects people to get an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis. We have studied six self-biographies, written by people that have received an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis as adults. The purpose of the cur-rent study was to see if a person’s self-image is affected by getting an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis, how the interaction with other people is after receiving the diagnosis compared to before and how the people in our study viewed the di-agnostization in general with themselves as reference points. The theoretical framework consisted of Anthony Giddens identity theory with the leading idea that self-identity is... (More) - Title: The meaning of an ADHD-diagnosis
Supervisor: Tabitha Wright Nielsen
Assessor: Carina Tigervall
The aim of our study was to examine how it affects people to get an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis. We have studied six self-biographies, written by people that have received an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis as adults. The purpose of the cur-rent study was to see if a person’s self-image is affected by getting an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis, how the interaction with other people is after receiving the diagnosis compared to before and how the people in our study viewed the di-agnostization in general with themselves as reference points. The theoretical framework consisted of Anthony Giddens identity theory with the leading idea that self-identity is reflective, Erving Goffman’s theory of stigma and Howard S. Becker’s labeling theory. In our empirical work we found that people with undi-agnosed ADHD/DAMP have experienced a lot of difficulties in childhood, in general because they often felt different from others, which has resulted in low self-esteem. The experience of receiving a diagnosis in adulthood was mostly pos-itive, even though it’s an adjustment process. They felt that they got an explana-tion of why they have felt different and were therefore positive to diagnostization in general. (Less)
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- author
- Svensson, Moa LU and Warenius, Linnéa LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- ADHD, stigmatization, diagnostization, self-image, identity
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1973866
- date added to LUP
- 2011-06-09 17:48:01
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Supervisor: Tabitha Wright Nielsen
Assessor: Carina Tigervall
The aim of our study was to examine how it affects people to get an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis. We have studied six self-biographies, written by people that have received an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis as adults. The purpose of the cur-rent study was to see if a person’s self-image is affected by getting an ADHD/DAMP-diagnosis, how the interaction with other people is after receiving the diagnosis compared to before and how the people in our study viewed the di-agnostization in general with themselves as reference points. The theoretical framework consisted of Anthony Giddens identity theory with the leading idea that self-identity is reflective, Erving Goffman’s theory of stigma and Howard S. Becker’s labeling theory. In our empirical work we found that people with undi-agnosed ADHD/DAMP have experienced a lot of difficulties in childhood, in general because they often felt different from others, which has resulted in low self-esteem. The experience of receiving a diagnosis in adulthood was mostly pos-itive, even though it’s an adjustment process. They felt that they got an explana-tion of why they have felt different and were therefore positive to diagnostization in general.}},
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