title: Parenting teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: challenges and opportunities.
abstract: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) presents in childhood with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity and is associated with functional impairments. These children tend to display a variety of disruptive behaviors, which may worsen in adolescence. Teens with ADHD may show high levels of defiance, posing significant challenges for parents. Early efforts to understand parenting in the context of teen ADHD reveal high levels of parental stress and reactivity in response to the teen's ADHD symptoms. Subsequent research recognized that some of these parents have ADHD or other psychopathology that may contribute to maladaptive parenting. However, some parents adjust and demonstrate optimism and resilience in the face of their teens' ADHD. Recent research has identified parental factors (eg, emotional intelligence) and interventions (eg, mindfulness training) that may improve parenting/teen relationships and the developmental outcomes of teens. This article explores parenting teens with ADHD with a focus on these novel interventions.
authors: Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, CT, USA vania.modesto-lowe@ct.gov.
authors: Vania
authors: V
authors: Modesto-Lowe
authors: Community Mental Health Affiliates, New Britain, CT, USA.
authors: Margaret
authors: M
authors: Chaplin
authors: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
authors: Viraj
authors: V
authors: Godsay
authors: Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, CT, USA.
authors: Victoria
authors: V
authors: Soovajian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: ADHD; parenting; teens