title: Mother-Child Relationship in Youths with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and their Siblings.
abstract: Despite impaired mother-child interactions noted in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is no such information for their siblings. This study aimed to test whether the affected and unaffected siblings, like youth with ADHD, also encountered impaired mothering and mother-child relationships as compared to typically developing youth (TD). The sample consisted of 122 probands (107 males, 87.7 %), aged 10-16, with DSM-IV ADHD, 44 affected (26 males, 59.1 %) and 78 unaffected (28 males, 35.9 %) siblings, and 122 TD youth. Both participants and their mothers received psychiatric interviews (K-SADS-E) about the participants and reported maternal parenting style, mother-child interactions and child behavioral problems at home. Based on both reports, probands with ADHD and affected siblings (only youth report) had more impaired relationships, more behavioral problems at home, and less perceived family support than unaffected siblings and TD youth. Probands with ADHD had higher maternal authoritarian control than unaffected siblings. The findings suggest that impaired mothering, mother-child interactions, and family support are related to the presence of ADHD diagnosis in both probands and their affected siblings.
authors: Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.|Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.|Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors: Jane Pei-Chen
authors: JP
authors: Chang
authors: Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, No. 7, Chung-San South road, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan. gaushufe@ntu.edu.tw.|Department of Psychology, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind, and Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. gaushufe@ntu.edu.tw.
authors: Susan Shur-Fen
authors: SS
authors: Gau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: ADHD; Family support; Mother-child relationship; Parenting style; Siblings