title: Description of mothers with ADHD with children with ADHD.
abstract: Pilot data demonstrating the personality traits and background variables of ADHD mothers with children with ADHD are presented. Three subject groups are compared: mothers with ADHD, with ADHD children; mother without ADHD, with ADHD children; and mothers without ADHD, without ADHD children. Significant differences are observed on the Wender Utah Scale for attention deficit disorder, levels of neuroticism and conscientiousness on the NEO-Five Factor Inventory are significantly higher in mothers with ADHD. In addition, neuropsychiatric disorders, alcoholism in the family of origin, and atypical sexual events are reported at a significantly higher rate in the mothers with ADHD, with ADHD children. The implications of group differences are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Apfel
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012931:Social Environment