To explore how the emerging self of ten Swedish adolescents, who exhibit ADHD-related symptoms but lack a formal diagnosis, is shaped by their experiences.
Key Findings:
Participants experienced stigma for behavioral deviations not recognized as legitimate symptoms and perceived unfairly by peers when receiving support without a formal diagnosis.
Medicalized interpretations of behaviors were frequently activated by parents, teachers, peers, and digital media.
Adolescents navigated between spontaneous expressions of self and socially regulated behaviors, often feeling tension from diverging expectations.
Interpretation:
Limitations:
The study focuses on a small sample of ten adolescents, limiting the generalizability of the findings.
Research on this demographic in the Swedish context is limited.
Conclusion:
Further research is needed to examine the prevalence of these dynamics and to deepen qualitative understanding of adolescents in the diagnostic gray zone.
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