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Tonåringars upplevelser av att leva med ett syskon som har ADHD

Larsson, Petra LU (2012) PPTS06 20121
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe how teenagers of siblings with ADHD experience and cope with their lives in relation to their mental health. Four girls and two boys aged 13-18 years participated in the study. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and two assessment forms: the Beck Youth Scales and Coping Inventory Resources. Based upon a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, the interview material was analyzed with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Seven main themes were identified in the interviews: siblings 'mental health, siblings' attitude to their life situation (coping), lack of time for their own, living in the shadow of ADHD, not burden busy parents, the dream of a well-balanced life, and being... (More)
The aim of this study was to describe how teenagers of siblings with ADHD experience and cope with their lives in relation to their mental health. Four girls and two boys aged 13-18 years participated in the study. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and two assessment forms: the Beck Youth Scales and Coping Inventory Resources. Based upon a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, the interview material was analyzed with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Seven main themes were identified in the interviews: siblings 'mental health, siblings' attitude to their life situation (coping), lack of time for their own, living in the shadow of ADHD, not burden busy parents, the dream of a well-balanced life, and being invisible in the child and adolescent psychiatry In the interviews it became clear that the families and hence the siblings had to adjust their lives to the child with ADHD, for instance by keeping up certain everyday routines. However, despite the good togetherness in these families, the siblings told that they sometimes felt alone and showed various symptoms of mental illness. The results point to a need for further research in which the mental health of these siblings' are in focus. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Studiens syfte var att belysa hur tonåringar till syskon med ADHD upplever och hanterar sin livssituation i relation till deras psykiska hälsa. Fyra flickor och två pojkar i åldrarna 13-18 år deltog i studien. Till datainsamling användes halvstrukturerade djupintervjuer samt två skattningsformulär; Becks Ungdomsskalor och Coping Resourses Inventory Intervjumaterialet analyserades utifrån Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) som har sin metodförankring i hermeneutisk fenomenologi. Resultatet sammanställdes i sju huvudteman: syskonens psykiska hälsa, syskonens förhållningssätt till sin livssituation (coping), brist på egentid, leva i skuggan av ADHD, inte belasta upptagna föräldrar, drömmen om ett välbalanserat liv och vara osynlig... (More)
Studiens syfte var att belysa hur tonåringar till syskon med ADHD upplever och hanterar sin livssituation i relation till deras psykiska hälsa. Fyra flickor och två pojkar i åldrarna 13-18 år deltog i studien. Till datainsamling användes halvstrukturerade djupintervjuer samt två skattningsformulär; Becks Ungdomsskalor och Coping Resourses Inventory Intervjumaterialet analyserades utifrån Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) som har sin metodförankring i hermeneutisk fenomenologi. Resultatet sammanställdes i sju huvudteman: syskonens psykiska hälsa, syskonens förhållningssätt till sin livssituation (coping), brist på egentid, leva i skuggan av ADHD, inte belasta upptagna föräldrar, drömmen om ett välbalanserat liv och vara osynlig för barn och ungdomspsykiatrin. Syskonen beskrev en tillvaro som präglades av familjens anpassning efter barnet med ADHD, att göra prioriteringar och omorganisera samt få rutiner i familjelivet att fortsätta fungera utan svårigheter. För syskonen var det en självklarhet att finnas till och stödja barnet med ADHD och föräldrarna. Men trots god sammanhållning i familjen så beskrev syskonen sig ibland ensamma och visade olika tecken på psykisk ohälsa. Resultatet diskuterades utifrån möjliga implikationer för fortsatt framtida forskning med fokus på syskonens psykiska hälsa samt utveckling av riktade interventioner som t ex syskongrupper. (Less)
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Larsson, Petra LU
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PPTS06 20121
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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keywords
Keywords: children with ADHD/ADD, coping, intervention, mental health, neuropsychology, siblings, stress
language
Swedish
id
2542328
date added to LUP
2012-05-21 16:11:50
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2012-05-21 16:11:50
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to describe how teenagers of siblings with ADHD experience and cope with their lives in relation to their mental health. Four girls and two boys aged 13-18 years participated in the study. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and two assessment forms: the Beck Youth Scales and Coping Inventory Resources. Based upon a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, the interview material was analyzed with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Seven main themes were identified in the interviews: siblings 'mental health, siblings' attitude to their life situation (coping), lack of time for their own, living in the shadow of ADHD, not burden busy parents, the dream of a well-balanced life, and being invisible in the child and adolescent psychiatry In the interviews it became clear that the families and hence the siblings had to adjust their lives to the child with ADHD, for instance by keeping up certain everyday routines. However, despite the good togetherness in these families, the siblings told that they sometimes felt alone and showed various symptoms of mental illness. The results point to a need for further research in which the mental health of these siblings' are in focus.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Petra}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Tonåringars upplevelser av att leva med ett syskon som har ADHD}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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