Hi Julie
I'm researching the way parents of children with an ADHD diagnosis talk about their experiences of ADHD; an organisation that has been mentioned to me in the course of my interviews is 'Simply Wellbeing'. It's a London based organisaton that, I believe, supports adults with an ADHD diagnosis. Their website may be worth a look.
Good luck
Alison Davies
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:43:45 +0000
From: Julie Bull <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Recruitment problems
Hi,
I am hoping to research experiences of adults with ADHD for my Clin
Psych thesis and am finding it difficult to recruit from support
groups as I had hoped. Does anyone have any suggestions for where I
might contact adults with this condition for my study?
Many thanks
Julie Bull
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:34:35 +0000
From: keri johnson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Recruitment problems
When i did my masters diss on postnatal depression i was using an online survey so i searched facebook for pnd support groups, contacted thier admins and aske dthem to help. it was really useful - increased my participant numbers really quickly.
I've also used LinkedIn and Twitter for similar things - there wont necessarily be a support group but there will be contacts who are in teh field either are practitioners or charity workers etc that can get your message out there for you. People are probably more likely to engage with you anyway oif your work is referred to by someone they know (or know of) already.
You can always set filters to isolate locations if you're wanting to do interviews or focus groups.
Hope this helps,
Keri
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:43:45 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Recruitment problems
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hi,
>
> I am hoping to research experiences of adults with ADHD for my Clin
> Psych thesis and am finding it difficult to recruit from support
> groups as I had hoped. Does anyone have any suggestions for where I
> might contact adults with this condition for my study?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Julie Bull
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:54:13 -0000
From: "Linda K. Berkeley" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Recruitment problems
Keri makes some good points. When you contact groups for participants,
always state your name and who you are: "My name is Julie Bull and I am in
the final year of my Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology"; your
university name, and the name of your supervisor (Dr. Joe Blogs) - this
gives you credibility. State a bit about the research - "I'm researching the
experiences of adults with ADHD" is fine. Even though it may seem obvious to
you, me, and everyone on this list, state that participants are entitled to
withdraw at any time and that all information collected will be completely
confidential etc. Use language like "it would be really helpful if you would
participate in this research", "thank you in advance", "please contact me if
you have any questions". Members of the public in support groups can be
somewhat suspicious of someone randomly appearing in their forum asking for
contact, so you want to state what you can to alleviate fears that you're
there for some covert reason.
Linda
From: Research of postgraduate psychologists.
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Sent: 09 February 2012 14:35
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Recruitment problems
When i did my masters diss on postnatal depression i was using an online
survey so i searched facebook for pnd support groups, contacted thier admins
and aske dthem to help. it was really useful - increased my participant
numbers really quickly.
I've also used LinkedIn and Twitter for similar things - there wont
necessarily be a support group but there will be contacts who are in teh
field either are practitioners or charity workers etc that can get your
message out there for you. People are probably more likely to engage with
you anyway oif your work is referred to by someone they know (or know of)
already.
You can always set filters to isolate locations if you're wanting to do
interviews or focus groups.
Hope this helps,
Keri
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:43:45 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Recruitment problems
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hi,
>
> I am hoping to research experiences of adults with ADHD for my Clin
> Psych thesis and am finding it difficult to recruit from support
> groups as I had hoped. Does anyone have any suggestions for where I
> might contact adults with this condition for my study?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Julie Bull
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:29:48 +0000
From: Julie Bull <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Recruitment problems
Thanks very much everyone for your great suggestions.
Julie
On 9 February 2012 14:54, Linda K. Berkeley
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Keri makes some good points. When you contact groups for participants,
> always state your name and who you are: "My name is Julie Bull and I am in
> the final year of my Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology"; your
> university name, and the name of your supervisor (Dr. Joe Blogs) - this
> gives you credibility. State a bit about the research - "I'm researching the
> experiences of adults with ADHD" is fine. Even though it may seem obvious to
> you, me, and everyone on this list, state that participants are entitled to
> withdraw at any time and that all information collected will be completely
> confidential etc. Use language like "it would be really helpful if you would
> participate in this research", "thank you in advance", "please contact me if
> you have any questions". Members of the public in support groups can be
> somewhat suspicious of someone randomly appearing in their forum asking for
> contact, so you want to state what you can to alleviate fears that you're
> there for some covert reason.
>
>
>
> Linda
>
>
>
> From: Research of postgraduate psychologists.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of keri johnson
> Sent: 09 February 2012 14:35
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Recruitment problems
>
>
>
> When i did my masters diss on postnatal depression i was using an online
> survey so i searched facebook for pnd support groups, contacted thier admins
> and aske dthem to help. it was really useful - increased my participant
> numbers really quickly.
>
> I've also used LinkedIn and Twitter for similar things - there wont
> necessarily be a support group but there will be contacts who are in teh
> field either are practitioners or charity workers etc that can get your
> message out there for you. People are probably more likely to engage with
> you anyway oif your work is referred to by someone they know (or know of)
> already.
>
> You can always set filters to isolate locations if you're wanting to do
> interviews or focus groups.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Keri
>
>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:43:45 +0000
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Recruitment problems
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am hoping to research experiences of adults with ADHD for my Clin
>> Psych thesis and am finding it difficult to recruit from support
>> groups as I had hoped. Does anyone have any suggestions for where I
>> might contact adults with this condition for my study?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Julie Bull
>
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