title: Adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and exposure to violence: parents' opinion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the opinion of parents or guardians of adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) about their children's exposure as perpetrators or victims of violence situations in family life or outside.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative study with use of thematic oral history. Nine parents of 07 adolescents with ADHD participated. Data were collected from April to September of 2013 using thematic interview. The interviews were recorded at scheduled times at the participants' home, with an average duration of 30 minutes. The findings were submitted to inductive thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data analysis allowed the identification of the occurrence of "Conflicts in family life" and "Conflicts in the context of school and community". Parents reported the involvement of their children as victims, perpetrators and witnesses of physical and psychological violence, and the difficulty of them and the school to understand and handle these situations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Violence occurs in ADHD adolescents' interpersonal relationships. Communication between health professionals, school and families is precarious. Through the systematization of nursing care, nurses can plan strategies that articulate support networks and interpersonal relationships of adolescents with the disorder (family and school).
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jaqueline Rodrigues
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stefanini
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Zeyne Alves Pires
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edson Arthur
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana Aparecida
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cavalin
authors.affiliation: aff6.
authors.forename: Mariana Santos
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Guazzelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010290:Parents