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Parenting of children with Attention-Defecit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The role of parental ADHD symptomatology

Department of Psychology at University of Massachusetts, eharvey{at}psych.umass.edu

J. S. Danforth

Department of Psychology at Eastern Connecticut State University

T. Eberhardt McKee

Hamilton College

W. R. Ulaszek

Department of Psychiatry at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine

J. L. Friedman

Department of Psychology at University of Massachusetts

Objective: The present study examined the relation between parental ADHD symptomatology and parent-child behavior among 46 mothers and 26 fathers of ADHD children.

Results: Fathers’ self-reports of inattention and impulsivity were strongly associated with self-reports of lax parenting both before and after parent training, and with self-reports of overreactivity after parent training. Fathers’ impulsivity was also associated with more arguing during audiotaped observations of parent-child interactions prior to parent training. Mothers’ self-reports of inattention were modestly associated with self-reports of laxness before and after parent training. Prior to parent training, there were nonlinear relations between mothers’ inattention and observations of mother-child behavior, with mothers who reported moderate levels of inattention engaging in the most negative parent-child interactions. After parent training, these relations were linear, with the mothers who reported the most inattention engaging in the most negative parent-child interactions. These results were weakened but were generally still significant when parental depression and alcohol use were controlled.

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