A pilot study on religiousness/spirituality and ADHD.
BACKGROUND
The phenomena of religiousness and spirituality bear on issues of personal behavioral control and interpersonal relationships. Behavioral control and social relationships can be affected by attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).


OBJECTIVE
The object ofthis pilot study was to explore possible connections between religiousness/spirituality and the clinical diagnosis ADHD. A group of adolescent psychiatric outpatients (n=117) completed the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality. Clinical diagnosis was obtained from the clinic chart.


RESULTS
Logistic regression modeling revealed no significant relation between the various dimensions of religiousness/spirituality and diagnosis of ADHD.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings presented here are in need of replication but could add to clinical understanding of ADHD.
Dew
Rachel E
RE
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. red@geri.duke.edu
Daniel
Stephanie S
SS
Koenig
Harold G
HG
D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D029181:Spirituality