title: ADHD medication vacations and parent-child interactions by gender.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the current study was to examine medication vacations among children with ADHD according to parent-child dyads (e.g., mother-son, father-daughter, mother-daughter, and father-son).
  
  
  METHODS
  In a survey study of 259 parents of children with ADHD, the use of medication vacations according to parent-child sex dyads was examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results of the current study suggest that fathers seem to report endorsing medication vacations more with their sons with ADHD as opposed to their daughters with ADHD. There did not seem to be any significant differences among mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of the current study conclude with directions for future research and practice.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA. lucy.barnard-brak@ttu.edu
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barnard-Brak
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sulak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors