My name is Melissa Wright and I am working on my PhD in adult education at the University of Southern Mississippi and I need help with my dissertation. I also have ADHD and was diagnosed when I was in my mid-twenties. It was taken me 15 years since then to almost reach my goal of earning a doctorate.
I am looking for people who at least 18 years of age and have an official diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to complete a questionnaire. No personal identification is asked for.
If you are at least 18 years old AND have ADHD, would you please consider completing a questionnaire for me. It is anonymous and should only take about 15-20 minutes of your time. If you are or know someone who is 18 or over and has ADHD and are willing to complete the questionnaire, could you please e-mail me at melissa.wright@eagles.usm.edu with your/their e-mail address and I will send you/them a letter which explains the study and the instructions and link to complete it.
The study is about adults with ADHD and their readiness to engage in self-directed learning. Specific factors to be examined will be how self-directed learning readiness in adults with ADHD is related to gender, age of diagnosis of ADHD, level of education, and types of treatment. The study has been reviewed and approved by the University of Southern Mississippi's Institutional Review Board. If you are interested, please e-mail me at melissa.wright@eagles.usm.edu.
Perhaps distraction is self-directed learning. Other-directed learning is doing what someone else directs you to learn.