TY - JOUR
T1 - A disorder of anger and aggression
T2 - Children’s perspectives on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the UK
AU - Singh, Ilina
N1 - Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - This article investigates the social and moral dimensions of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, asking what ADHD means in UK children's everyday lives, and what children do with this diagnosis. Drawing on interviews with over 150 children, the analysis examines the influence of a UK state school-based culture of aggression on the form and intensity of diagnosed children's difficulties with behavioral self-control. Diagnosed children's mobilization of ADHD behaviors and their exploitation of the diagnosis shows how children's active moral agency can support and compromise cognitive, behavioral and social resilience. The findings support a proposal for a complex sociological model of ADHD diagnosis and demonstrate the relevance of this model for national policy initiatives related to mental health and wellbeing in children.
AB - This article investigates the social and moral dimensions of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, asking what ADHD means in UK children's everyday lives, and what children do with this diagnosis. Drawing on interviews with over 150 children, the analysis examines the influence of a UK state school-based culture of aggression on the form and intensity of diagnosed children's difficulties with behavioral self-control. Diagnosed children's mobilization of ADHD behaviors and their exploitation of the diagnosis shows how children's active moral agency can support and compromise cognitive, behavioral and social resilience. The findings support a proposal for a complex sociological model of ADHD diagnosis and demonstrate the relevance of this model for national policy initiatives related to mental health and wellbeing in children.
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.049
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.049
M3 - Article
C2 - 21684645
SN - 1873-5347
VL - 73
SP - 889
EP - 896
JO - Social science & medicine (1982)
JF - Social science & medicine (1982)
IS - 6
M1 - n/a
ER -