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An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic
Mini Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89041 An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic Eloff, Irma F. andrea.nicolaou13@gmail.com Nicolaou, Andrea Marisa ADHD Wellbeing Well-being Covid-19 pandemic Children and Adolescents with ADHD I-poems Subjective Well-being EPOCH South Africa Children and Adolescents ADHD South Africa Quantitative Mixed method Qualitative UCTD Mini Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2022. This study explores self-report ratings of overall and domain specific well-being of children and adolescents with ADHD between the ages of 10 and 18 years old (n=376) during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. A mixed-method, non-experimental, cross-sectional, structured survey design, using the EPOCH scale, with one additional open-ended question was done. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA’s and various post-hoc analyses were utilised for the numerical quantitative data, while the qualitative data was analysed through the creation of themed ‘I-poems’. The EPOCH scale assesses the well-being domains of engagement, perseverance, optimism, connectedness and happiness. In this study, Cronbach’s α and CFA results presented the EPOCH scale to be a reliable measure. The quantitative results further demonstrate above average well-being overall, as well as in each of the five EPOCH domains (in decreasing order): connectedness, happiness, optimism, engagement and perseverance. The qualitative findings showed broad categories of positive, negative and neutral feelings and experiences during the pandemic, encompassing themes of home, school, social, self-growth/reflection, change, rules, extra-murals, concern, loss, finances, new normal, emotions and experiences. Further quantitative results indicate no differences in well-being in terms of gender, between groups using medication or not and whether respondents receive therapy for ADHD or not. Results did indicate that respondents who did not receive therapy presented with higher levels of perseverance. Some variance occurred in the well-being levels of the different age groups, suggesting the need for nuanced understandings of well-being in this population. Educational Psychology MEd (Educational Psychology) Unrestricted 2023-01-31T13:28:36Z 2023-01-31T13:28:36Z 2023 2022 Mini Dissertation Nicolaou, AM 2022, An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic, MEd mini dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89041 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89041 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.21640694 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | ADHD Wellbeing Well-being Covid-19 pandemic Children and Adolescents with ADHD I-poems Subjective Well-being EPOCH South Africa Children and Adolescents ADHD South Africa Quantitative Mixed method Qualitative UCTD An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title | An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_full | An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_short | An exploration of subjective well-being in children and adolescents with ADHD in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | exploration of subjective well being in children and adolescents with adhd in south africa during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | ADHD Wellbeing Well-being Covid-19 pandemic Children and Adolescents with ADHD I-poems Subjective Well-being EPOCH South Africa Children and Adolescents ADHD South Africa Quantitative Mixed method Qualitative UCTD |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89041 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.21640694 |