The Relation Between ADHD Symptoms and Life Satisfaction/Self-Esteem Among Youth: Family Structure and Parenting Practices as Moderators

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be particularly vulnerable to lower life satisfaction and self-esteem, given negative perceptions about their abilities and self, as well as related impairments in academic, social, and interpersonal functioning. Family factors, such as family structure and parenting behaviors, can impact youth development and behaviors. However, it is unclear what role family factors play in the relation between ADHD symptoms and life satisfaction and self-esteem among youth. This study therefore examined whether ADHD symptoms have an impact on the life satisfaction and self-esteem of children and adolescents in grades 4-12. Moreover, it explored whether family structure (i.e., single vs. dual parents in the household) and parent-reported parenting practices (i.e., involvement, positive parenting, poor monitoring/supervision, inconsistent discipline, corporal punishment) moderated the relation between ADHD symptoms and life satisfaction and self-esteem. In addition, one exploratory aim focused on whether moderation effects differ by reporter (i.e., parent- vs. child-reported parenting practices). Participants (N = 378; Mage = 12.52) were children and adolescents with and without ADHD in South Carolina who participated in the Replication of the Project to Learn about Youth-Mental Health (Re-PLAY-MH) study. Measures were administered to both parents and youth to evaluate ADHD symptoms, family structure, parenting practices, as well as life satisfaction and self-esteem. Linear regressions showed that ADHD symptoms were significantly associated with life satisfaction and self-esteem, such that higher ADHD symptoms were related to lower life satisfaction and self-esteem. Multiple regression analyses showed that family structure and parent-reported parenting practices did not moderate the relation between ADHD symptoms and life satisfaction and self-esteem. However, child-reported negative parenting practices moderated the relation between ADHD symptoms and life satisfaction and self-esteem, such that regardless of the severity of ADHD symptoms, lower life satisfaction and self-esteem are still a concern when it comes to high levels of negative parenting practices, whereas with moderate or low levels of negative parenting practices, ADHD symptoms play a significant role. The results from the current study will contribute to the existing ADHD literature and may help inform case conceptualizations and interventions that incorporate subjective well-being and parenting element

Group G: Drink Mixer II

We, group G, want to address the needs of the restaurant industry by facilitating it with the products, alcoholic beverages, that often brings in the most income in a night for the business and for its bartenders. Mixing drinks takes specialized attention, energy, and time and can be a stressful task for bartenders to perform when a restaurant is packed with customers. Waits become longer and drink orders back up until the restaurant empties again. Our group strives to create a product that will ensure each customer is served with fast and efficient service, while still providing the special attention to a specific order. Our concept, a drink mixer, will deliver drinks in a timely and correct manner to help bartenders make more drinks at a time and address customers during high traffic times. Our group created a project to develop this drink mixer. We interviewed bartenders and other consumers to get their thoughts and suggestions on an ideal product for their bar. Using these ideas as inspirations, we developed various concepts that could achieve these needs. We rated our designs based on their manufacturability, cost, components, reliability, and more characteristics to ensure our chosen design could be completed in the time and budget constraints we had. Our chosen concept achieved most of our design conditions and we set quantitative performance goals to evaluate our product. The drink mixer would carry various ingredients, shake or stir our beverage, make different drink recipes, and be controlled by pre-set buttons. We performed various design analysis to help create each component in the system. Once we began buying and assembling materials, the product we envisioned proved to be more difficult to make as we progressed over the semester. The process revealed various faults in our design and building process. Overall, we learned as a group about the design process, budgeting, using Arduino and other electrical components, and the build and testing process. This report offers details our project from start to finish of envisioning, designing, and building our drink mixer, while also showing our insight and reflection on the entire process

African American and Caucasian Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Qualitative Study

This study examined the attitudes held by both African Americans and Caucasians regarding colorectal cancer screening and the reasons why they avoid screenings even when clinically indicated by their physicians. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and easily preventable types of cancer in the United States. If diagnosed and treated early prior to metastasis, the five-year colorectal cancer survival rate is approximately 90%. However, many patients avoid screening procedures for colorectal cancer due to a number of reasons. Qualitative data was gathered from focus groups and found four major themes that emerged in both groups: (1) reported barriers to screening, (2) level of knowledge about CRC, (3) knowledge of risk factors for CRC, and (4) suggested strategies for improving CRC screening. African Americans and Caucasians reported differential concerns for each of those themes, including on physician vs. access issues (barriers), environmental vs. hereditary diseases (risk factors), community vs. physician-based interventions (strategies), and substantial differences with regard to CRC knowledge