title: The Parental Emotional Response to Children Index.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study introduces the Parental Emotional Response to Children Index (PERCI), a new questionnaire specifically designed to measure parents' emotional response to ADHD and related behaviors (delay discounting and delay aversion).
  
  
  METHODS
  The PERCI was completed by parents of 6- to 14-year-old children with ( n = 126) and without ( n = 160) ADHD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Factor analysis confirmed five separate subscales with acceptable psychometric properties. Parents of children with ADHD reported a stronger emotional response to ADHD behaviors than parents of typically developing children and inattention symptoms evoked the strongest emotional response in parents regardless of child diagnostic status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents' emotional responses appear to be differentiated in terms of specific ADHD-related triggers mapping onto the different domains of ADHD and delay-related responses. Further research is required to understand changes in parental emotional responses over time and their impact on children's developmental trajectories.
authors.affiliation: 1 Aarhus University, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rikke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lambek
authors.affiliation: 1 Aarhus University, Denmark.|2 Ghent University, Belgium.|3 University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Edmund
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sonuga-Barke
authors.affiliation: 4 University of Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Lamprini
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Psychogiou
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: 5 University of Toronto & Hospital for Sick Children, Canada.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tannock
authors.affiliation: 6 University of Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daley
authors.affiliation: 7 Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.
authors.forename: Dorte
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Damm
authors.affiliation: 1 Aarhus University, Denmark.|7 Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.
authors.forename: Per Hove
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Thomsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards
keywords: ADHD; PERCI; delay-related motivational behavior; parenting