title: Parental etiological explanations and longitudinal medication use for youths with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: Due to the need to increase understanding of factors associated with medication usage for youth with ADHD, this study examined parental explanatory etiologies in relationship to psychotropic medication use in a sample of youth who met criteria for ADHD and utilized outpatient specialty mental health services in the previous year. When examined cross-sectionally, medication usage was positively associated with parental explanatory etiologies related to physical causes and negatively associated with those involving sociological causes. Longitudinal analyses did not show a significant effect of Time 1 parental explanatory etiologies on the slope of medication use, suggesting that the relationship between Time 1 parental explanatory etiologies and medication usage remains stable over time for those who have had past year involvement with outpatient specialty mental health services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA, myeh@mail.sdsu.edu.
authors.forename: May
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Aarons
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Laurel K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hough
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D014600:Utilization Review
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants