title: Self-Regulation of Emotion, Functional Impairment, and Comorbidity Among ChildrenWith AD/HD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated the role of self-regulation of emotion in relation to functional impairment and comorbidity among children with and without AD/HD.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 358 probands and their siblings participated in the study, with 74% of the sample participants affected by AD/HD. Parent-rated levels of emotional lability served as a marker for self-regulation of emotion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly half of the children affected by AD/HD displayed significantly elevated levels of emotional lability versus 15% of those without this disorder. Children with AD/HD also displayed significantly higher rates of functional impairment, comorbidity, and treatment service utilization. Emotional lability partially mediated the association between AD/HD status and these outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings lent support to the notion that deficits in the self-regulation of emotion are evident in a substantial number of children with AD/HD and that these deficits play an important role in determining functional impairment and comorbidity outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. ada@uncg.edu
authors.forename: Arthur D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Anastopoulos
authors.forename: Taylor F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Melanie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morrissey-Kane
authors.forename: Nicole K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kollins
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ashley-Koch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D035781:Siblings; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012927:Social Control, Informal