Objective:To explore emerging adults’ descriptions of important resilience factors when growing up with ADHD.Method:Individual interviews with 10 emerging adults (21–24 years) who participated in a 10-year follow-up study, analyzed using thematic analysis.Results:The main theme was that “life gets better.” Resilience factors contributing to this positive development were strategies to regulate ADHD, valuable relationships, acceptance, seeing positive attributes of ADHD, receiving tailored, non-stigmatizing support, and participating in meaningful activities.Conclusion:Growing up with ADHD was associated with both challenges and positives, but the main resilience theme was that life gets better. A variety of resilience factors contributed to this, but relational and environmental factors seemed particularly important. Acceptance, both from society and self-acceptance, were related to all resilience factors in various ways indicating that better knowledge of ADHD might foster better understanding and acceptance of children and adolescents with ADHD.

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生活变得更好：患有多动症的成长过程中重要的适应力因素

目的：探讨新兴成年人在 ADHD 成长过程中对重要复原力因素的描述。方法：对参与 10 年随访研究的 10 名新兴成年人（21-24 岁）进行单独访谈，并使用主题分析进行分析。结果：主题是“生活变得更好”。促成这一积极发展的复原力因素包括调节多动症的策略、有价值的关系、接受、看到多动症的积极属性、接受量身定制的、非侮辱性的支持以及参与有意义的活动。积极的一面，但主要的弹性主题是生活变得更好。造成这种情况的因素有多种，但关系和环境因素似乎尤为重要。来自社会和自我接受的接受度以各种方式与所有复原力因素相关，这表明对多动症的更好了解可能会促进对多动症儿童和青少年更好的理解和接受。