I do not have stigma towards people with ADHD (but I do think they’re lazy): Using education and experience to reduce negative attitudes towards ADHD

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dc.contributor.advisorClimie, Emma A.
dc.contributor.authorFlanigan, Laura K.
dc.contributor.committeememberAndrews, Jac J. W.
dc.contributor.committeememberSzeto, Andrew C. H.
dc.date2021-06
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-17T21:30:07Z
dc.date.available2021-02-17T21:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-10
dc.description.abstractThe current project examined the explicit, implicit, and social distance attitudes towards people with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the effect of education- or contact-based anti-stigma video on attitudes towards ADHD. In Study 1, 294 undergraduate students completed measures of explicit, implicit, and social distance attitudes towards ADHD. Results indicated significantly more negative explicit, implicit, and social distance attitudes towards people with ADHD compared to a comparison target of Asthma, and complex relationships between these variables. In Study 2, 299 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to watch a control, education, or contact video with a male or female actor with lived experience of ADHD. They then completed the same measures as in Study 1. Results indicated that negative explicit attitudes towards people with ADHD relative to Asthma were significantly lower after the education, and not contact, video. The intervention did not significantly affect the responses on the implicit or social distance measures. Additionally, only the male, and not the female, education video resulted in lower explicit scores. The results of the current project suggest that while there are negative attitudes towards people with ADHD, they can be improved with a short, video-based intervention. This project has significant implications for university students and their education about and treatment of people with ADHD. It also has significant implications for the development and utilization of anti-stigma interventions not only towards people with ADHD, but for mental illness as a whole.  en_US
dc.identifier.citationFlanigan, L. K. (2021). I do not have stigma towards people with ADHD (but I do think they’re lazy): Using education and experience to reduce negative attitudes towards ADHD (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38647
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113101
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subject.classificationEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.titleI do not have stigma towards people with ADHD (but I do think they’re lazy): Using education and experience to reduce negative attitudes towards ADHDen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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