title: Child Maltreatment and Associated Parental Factors Among Children With ADHD: A Comparative Study.
abstract: This study investigated the role of child and parental factors in maltreatment of children with ADHD compared with a healthy control group.
  
  
  
  We examined the rates and correlations of child maltreatment by parents in a sample of children with ADHD ( n = 100) and a matched comparison sample of children without ADHD ( n = 100), all aged 6 to 11 years. Parent and child ratings evaluated demographic characteristics, severity of ADHD symptoms, and childhood trauma exposure.
  
  
  
  According to regression analysis, maternal hyperactivity/impulsivity and male gender of the child increase the emotional abuse; whereas maternal history of emotional abuse and physical neglect and paternal attention deficit increase sexual abuse, and higher maternal hyperactivity/impulsivity increases emotional neglect of ADHD children.
  
  
  
  The study's findings provide strong evidence that the maltreatment of children with ADHD is more associated with parental factors than with the symptoms of ADHD in children.
authors.affiliation: 1 Ankara University, School of Medicine, Turkey.|2 Necip Fazil State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hesna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.affiliation: 1 Ankara University, School of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cihat Kagan
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Gurkan
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis
keywords: ADHD; child abuse; child neglect; parental factors; trauma