title: Child impairment and parenting self-efficacy in relation to mothers' views of ADHD treatments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed the relations of child impairment and parenting self-efficacy with parental views of the acceptability and effectiveness of behavioral, medication, and combined treatments for child ADHD. Child impairment and parenting self-efficacy were also assessed in relation to the effectiveness views of specific behavioral treatment strategies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-five mothers of children with ADHD completed questionnaires assessing child impairment, parenting self-efficacy, perceptions of the overall acceptability and effectiveness of ADHD treatments, and views of the effectiveness of specific behavioral treatment strategies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hierarchical linear modeling using child impairment and parenting self-efficacy as predictors of treatment views suggests that mothers viewed combined treatments as most acceptable and effective when their child was more impaired, and mothers with higher parenting self-efficacy rated behavioral treatment strategies as more effective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Child impairment and parenting self-efficacy are related to perceptions of the acceptability and/or effectiveness of ADHD treatments.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Mandeep
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gurm
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada cjohnston@psych.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents; D010465:Perception; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires