Maternal ADHD Symptoms, Personality, and Parenting Stress: Differences Between Mothers of Children With ADHD and Mothers of Comparison Children. Issue 13 (November 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Maternal ADHD Symptoms, Personality, and Parenting Stress: Differences Between Mothers of Children With ADHD and Mothers of Comparison Children. Issue 13 (November 2018)
- Main Title:
- Maternal ADHD Symptoms, Personality, and Parenting Stress: Differences Between Mothers of Children With ADHD and Mothers of Comparison Children
- Authors:
- Perez Algorta, Guillermo
Kragh, Carolyn A.
Arnold, L. Eugene
Molina, Brooke S. G.
Hinshaw, Stephen P.
Swanson, James M.
Hechtman, Lily
Copley, LaRae M.
Lowe, Matthew
Jensen, Peter S. - Abstract:
- Objective: Mothers raising a child with ADHD can experience high parenting stress. We evaluated if mothers' personality traits and own ADHD symptoms could also affect parenting stress.Method: 430 biological mothers from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA mothers) and 237 of a local normative comparison group (LNCG mothers) were evaluated at baseline. Interactions were tested between mothers' group and maternal personality/ADHD symptoms related to parenting stress.Results: Compared to LNCG, MTA mothers had higher parenting stress, self-reported ADHD, neuroticism, and lower conscientiousness and agreeableness. When personality and ADHD were evaluated together, ADHD symptoms interacted with mothers' group: high maternal ADHD was positively associated with parenting stress for LNCG but not MTA mothers.Conclusion: Personality traits or ADHD characteristics do not appear operative for the high parenting stress of mothers of a child with ADHD. However, high maternal ADHD or low conscientiousness are associated with stress levels similar to raising a child with ADHD.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of attention disorders. Volume 22:Issue 13(2018)
- Journal:
- Journal of attention disorders
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Issue 13(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 13 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 13
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0022-0013-0000
- Page Start:
- 1266
- Page End:
- 1277
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11
- Subjects:
- personality -- ADHD -- parenting -- stress
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Periodicals
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616.8589 - Journal URLs:
- http://jad.sagepub.com ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1087054714561290 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1087-0547
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