Do maternal attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms exacerbate or ameliorate the negative effect of child attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder symptoms on parenting?

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-137

  Psychogiou, Lamprini ^a   Daley, Dave M ^b   Thompson, Margaret J ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38649138346     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000060     Document Type: Article

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