Parents’ Perceptions of Self-Determination of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Elementary Schools in Taipei City

• Main Author: 李思萱
• Other Authors: 蔡昆瀛
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03368000079671022313

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士班身心障礙組(日) === 99 === The purpose of this study is to investigate the parents’ perceptions of self-determination of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) of elementary schools in Taipei City, and to examine factors that might influence the parents’ perceptions. Subjects of this study were 157 parents of Children with ADHD of elementary schools in Taipei City. Parents of Children with ADHD recruited from 50 elementary schools located in Taipei City, which was divided into the 12 regions. All parents were required to complete a self-determination questionnaire developed to understanding parents’ perceptions of self-determination of children with ADHD competency into four dimensions including Autonomy, Self-regulation, Psychological empowerment, and Self-realization. Data collected were analyzed using means, standard deviation, one way analysis of variance, and independence-samples T test. The findings of this study indicated: 1. Parents’ perceptions of self-determination of children with ADHD of elementary schools in Taipei City scored at normal level on the questionnaire and had an average self-determination as a whole. 2. In terms of self-determination on the dimensions of Self-regulation and Psychological empowerment are better than the dimensions of Autonomy and Self-realization. 3. There were significant differences in the sex of children with ADHD and the parents’ parenting style. 4. There were no significant differences in other domains.