Mediators and Moderators of the Relation between Parental ADHD Symptomatology and the Early Development of Child ADHD and ODD Symptoms.
The present study examined mediators and moderators of the relation between parental ADHD symptomatology and the development of child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms across the preschool years. Participants included 258 (138 boys) 3-year-old children (M = 44.13 months, SD = 3.39) with and without behavior problems and their parents who took part in a 3-year longitudinal study. Maternal ADHD symptoms predicted later ADHD symptoms in children, controlling for early child symptomatology. Both family history of ADHD and paternal comorbid psychopathology predicted later child ADHD and ODD symptoms, but they did not account for the association between maternal and child ADHD symptoms. Although paternal ADHD symptoms were associated with age 3 child ADHD symptoms, they did not significantly predict later child ADHD symptoms controlling for early symptomatology. Family adversity moderated the relation between maternal ADHD and child ADHD symptoms, such that the relation between maternal and child ADHD symptoms was stronger for families with less adversity. Maternal overreactive parenting mediated the relation between maternal ADHD symptoms and later child ADHD and ODD symptoms. Our findings suggest that targeting paternal comorbid psychopathology and maternal parenting holds promise for attenuating the effects of parental ADHD on children's ADHD.
['Breaux|Rosanna P|RP|', 'Brown|Hallie R|HR|', 'Harvey|Elizabeth A|EA|']
D000328:Adult D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder D001007:Anxiety D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders D016241:Child of Impaired Parents D002675:Child, Preschool D003863:Depression D005220:Fathers D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D015233:Models, Statistical D009035:Mothers D016487:Parenting
Parenting ADHD Oppositional defiant disorder Family adversity Parental psychopathology