title: Psychopathology and personality in parents of children with ADHD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare psychopathology and personality in parents of children with ADHD and control parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 140 parents were subdivided according to presence and duration of ADHD. Assessment was based on various ADHD self-rating scales, the revised Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), and the revised NEO Five Factors Inventory (NEO-FFI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Parents with lifelong persistent ADHD were most abnormal on all dimensions of ADHD psychopathology, the SCL-90-R, the PHQ, and the neuroticism and conscientiousness dimensions of the NEO-FFI. The scores of parents with current ADHD approached those of parents with persistent ADHD on most dimensions, and both groups scored higher than did parents with either remitted ADHD or no ADHD, or controls. The scores of the latter three groups were not significantly different from each other.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among parents of children with ADHD, parents with lifelong persistent or current ADHD show highest scores of psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. hc.steinhausen@kjpd.uzh.ch
authors.forename: Hans-Christoph
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Steinhausen
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Göllner
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brandeis
authors.forename: Ueli C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valko
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drechsler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000075384:Neuroticism; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011599:Psychopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors