title: Empowering preadolescents With ADHD: demons or delights.
abstract: This study tested the clinical utility of the Frame Model of Preadolescent Empowerment as a means of enhancing the self-perception of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The intervention, which has theoretical roots in Roy's Adaptation Model, Harter's Developmental Perspective, and Murrell-Armstrong's Empowerment Matrix, was administered to children with ADHD in a pretest/posttest design. Findings indicate that this model significantly increased the perceptions of self-worth in preadolescents with ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. bunkyframe@aol.com
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frame
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D015397:Program Evaluation; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires