"我觉得自己是个负担":对ADHD患者的浪漫关系经验的探索
Maidy O'Brien1, Christina Kini-Seery1,2, Caitlin Kelly1
1UCD School of Psychology, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
Journal of marital and family therapy
|November 29, 2025
概括
患有注意力缺陷/多动症障碍 (ADHD) 的成年人因情绪调节和分心而面临独特的关系挑战. 自我意识显著改善了ADHD患者的关系动态.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 关系科学科学 关系科学
背景情况:
- 浪漫关系对患有注意力缺陷/多动症障碍 (ADHD) 的人来说存在独特的挑战.
- 了解这些特定的困难对于改善关系结果和支持至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全探索过ADHD成年人在浪漫伴侣关系中的生活经历.
研究的目的:
- 探索注意力缺陷/多动障碍 (ADHD) 的成年人在他们的浪漫关系中遇到的具体挑战.
- 确定与ADHD特征相关的关键主题和关系困难模式.
- 了解自我感知和自我意识在应对这些挑战中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用反射主题分析 (RTA) 来分析定性数据.
- 通过开放式调查问题收集了来自ADHD的355名成年人的数据.
- 专注于ADHD如何对他们的恋爱关系产生负面影响.
主要成果:
- 确定了四个总体主题和七个详细介绍关系挑战的子主题.
- 关键主题包括拒绝敏感性的情感过山车,激情和分心之间的稳定性斗争,不平衡的伴侣/照顾者动态以及自我洞察力的影响.
- 研究结果强调了ADHD特征,自我认知和关系经验之间的复杂相互作用.
结论:
- 缺陷多动症的特征显著复杂化了浪漫关系,影响了情感稳定和关系动态.
- 伴侣和照顾者角色之间的过渡可以在涉及ADHD个体的关系中造成压力.
- 发展自我理解和自我意识对于患有多动症的成年人来说在改善他们的浪漫关系方面具有变革性.
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