Time and Parental Willingness to Medicate ADHD

ADHD - common behavioral and emotional problem of children - is surrounded with some controversy regarding the way it is diagnosed and treated. This study investigates the relationship between working parents' willingness to medicate ADHD-like behaviors and the time they have available to spend with their children. The relationship was investigated in a subsample of 551 working parents from a population sample in Miami and Broward counties of Florida. A series of path analyses shows that spending more time with children is associated with being less willing to medicate ADHD-like behaviors.

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Dr. Pajo is a social scientist focused on dynamics surrounding parents' willingness to medicate their children with emotional and behavioral problems. She is the author of peer reviewed articles on the topic, presentations on national conference, and a number of editorials.