作者
Leah J Pressman, Sandra K Loo, Erika M Carpenter, Joan R Asarnow, Deborah Lynn, James T McCracken, James J McGough, Gitta H Lubke, May H Yang, Susan L Smalley
发表日期
2006/3/1
期刊
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
卷号
45
期号
3
页码范围
346-354
出版商
Elsevier
简介
OBJECTIVE
Family environmental factors as well as parental attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) status have shown associations with variability in ADHD. The purpose of the present study was to examine the links among family environment, parental psychiatric diagnosis, and child impairment within a sample of ADHD-affected sibling pairs (ASPs) ages 5 to 18 years.
METHOD
Parents in 220 ASP families completed a measure of family functioning, the Family Environment Scale. Children's impairment was measured by clinical ratings of global functioning and by maternal ratings of behavior.
RESULTS
Parents of children with ADHD rate their families as higher in conflict and lower in achievement and organization than normative samples. High family conflict is significantly associated with impairment in ADHD ASPs accounting for ∼40% of the sibling similarity in impairment. Parental psychiatric diagnosis …
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