PARENT ACCEPTABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF ADHD INTERVENTIONS - ASSESSMENT, CORRELATES, AND PREDICTIVE-VALIDITY

Examined variables related to parents' stated willingness to pursue tr eatment, and their actual adherence to treatment recommendations, for children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Parents (87 mothers; 63 fathers) of 91 patients seen for evaluation at an out patient ADHD clinic completed the ADHD Knowledge and Opinions Survey-R evised (AKOS-R), A factor analysis of the AKOS-R revealed three releva nt factors: Counseling Acceptability, Medication Acceptability, and Co unseling Feasibility, Externalizing problems were positively related t o parents' Counseling Acceptability ratings, while parents' ADHD knowl edge was positively related to their Medication Acceptability ratings. However, Counseling Acceptability, Counseling Feasibility, and Medica tion Acceptability scores at intake failed to predict parents' pursual of recommended counseling and medication at follow-up. Association be tween treatment acceptability and adherence might be enhanced by asses sing treatment acceptability at multiple points during the assessment and treatment process.