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TY - JOUR
T1 - Illuminating the daily life experiences of adolescents with and without ADHD
T2 - protocol for an ecological momentary assessment study
AU - Murray, Aja
AU - Speyer, Lydia
AU - Thye, Melissa
AU - Stewart, Tracy
AU - Obsuth, Ingrid
AU - Kane, Jennifer
AU - Whyte, Katie
AU - Devaney, John
AU - Rohde, Luis Augusto
AU - Ushakova, Anastasia
AU - Rhodes, Sinead
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Introduction: Adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at elevated risk of a range of difficulties, among which emotion regulation, peer and co-occurring mental health problems are prominent challenges. To better support adolescents with ADHD, ecologically valid interventions that can be embedded in daily life to target the most proximal antecedents of these challenges are needed. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) designs are ideally suited to meeting this need. Methods and analyses: In the mental health in the moment ADHD study, we will use an EMA design to capture the daily life experiences of approximately 120 adolescents aged 11–14 years with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD and the same number of age-matched and gender-matched peers without a diagnosis of ADHD. We will combine this with comprehensive information gathered from online surveys. Analysing the data using techniques such as dynamic structural equation modelling, we will examine, among other research questions, the role of emotion regulation and peer problems in mediating the links between characteristics of ADHD and commonly co-occurring outcomes such as anxiety, depression and conduct problems. The results can help inform interventions to support improved peer functioning and emotion regulation for adolescents with ADHD. Ethics and dissemination: This study received a favourable ethical opinion through the National Health Service ethical review board and the University of Edinburgh PPLS Research Ethics panel. The results will be disseminated through journal publications, conferences and seminar presentations and to relevant stakeholders, such as those with ADHD, their families and clinicians.
AB - Introduction: Adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at elevated risk of a range of difficulties, among which emotion regulation, peer and co-occurring mental health problems are prominent challenges. To better support adolescents with ADHD, ecologically valid interventions that can be embedded in daily life to target the most proximal antecedents of these challenges are needed. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) designs are ideally suited to meeting this need. Methods and analyses: In the mental health in the moment ADHD study, we will use an EMA design to capture the daily life experiences of approximately 120 adolescents aged 11–14 years with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD and the same number of age-matched and gender-matched peers without a diagnosis of ADHD. We will combine this with comprehensive information gathered from online surveys. Analysing the data using techniques such as dynamic structural equation modelling, we will examine, among other research questions, the role of emotion regulation and peer problems in mediating the links between characteristics of ADHD and commonly co-occurring outcomes such as anxiety, depression and conduct problems. The results can help inform interventions to support improved peer functioning and emotion regulation for adolescents with ADHD. Ethics and dissemination: This study received a favourable ethical opinion through the National Health Service ethical review board and the University of Edinburgh PPLS Research Ethics panel. The results will be disseminated through journal publications, conferences and seminar presentations and to relevant stakeholders, such as those with ADHD, their families and clinicians.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Anxiety Disorders
KW - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
KW - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
KW - Depression & Mood Disorders
KW - Ecological Momentary Assessment
KW - Humans
KW - Life Change Events
KW - Mental Health
KW - State Medicine
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077222
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077222
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
SN - 2044-6055
IS - 9
M1 - e077222
ER -