title: Linguistic analysis of the Preschool Five Minute Speech Sample: what the parents of preschool children with early signs of ADHD say and how they say it?
abstract: A linguistic analysis was performed on the Preschool Five Minute Speech Sample (PFMSS) of 42 parents. PFMSS is a validated measure for Expressed Emotion (EE) to assess parent-child relationship. Half of these parents (n = 21, clinical group) had preschool children with early symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the rest had typically developing children. Early symptoms of ADHD were identified with the Werry-Weiss Peters Rating Scale. The linguistic component of the PFMSS was analysed with keyword and linguistic pattern identification. The results of these two complementary analyses (i.e., EE and linguistic analysis) provided relevant recommendations that may improve the efficacy of psychological treatment for ADHD such as parenting interventions. We discuss the practical implications of these findings.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of Medicine, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of Medicine, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Melody
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of English, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of Medicine, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lockwood
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of Medicine, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012923:Social Class; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*