ArticleJournal of attention disorders2025
ADHD and Identity Formation: Adolescents' Experiences From the Healthcare System and Peer Relationships.
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- Flying under the radar: a qualitative examination of self-diagnosed ADHD and identity formation in young women.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring adolescents' and parents' experiences of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment in ADHD: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Between "normality" and diagnosis: strains between theFrontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Bingeing as an ADHD-related strategy: a qualitative study of experiences of Neurodivergent and potentially Neurodivergent adults with bulimic-spectrum eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Associations between identity perception, symptom severity, and quality of life in adolescents with ADHD.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Diagnosis Identity Perception in Adolescents with ADHD and Its Relationship to Executive Functions, Self-Management, and Quality of Life.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Identity work among girls with ADHD: struggling withFrontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Increasing self- and desired psychiatric diagnoses among emerging adults: Mixed-methods insights from clinical psychologists.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
objectiveADHD is often a lifelong condition, and has grown increasingly prevalent over the past few decades. Adolescence is a period characterized by the quest to develop a coherent identity, yet relatively little research has examined the relationship between ADHD diagnosis and identity. The purpose of this study was to explore the importance of experiences of the healthcare system and of peer relationships in the identity formation of adolescents with ADHD.
methodThis was investigated through semi-structured interviews with 10 adolescents (
resultsThe results revealed seven main themes indicating that ADHD played a central role in the adolescents' self-narratives: (1) limited effect of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) contact on identity formation, (2) the ADHD concept as meaning-making, (3) heterogeneity of the role of medication on identity formation, (4) negotiation of identity in relation to others, (5) varying degrees of acceptance in different relationships, (6) perceiving oneself as a troublemaker, and (7) relationship difficulties.
conclusionsOverall, the diagnosis constituted an important narrative and
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