Intergenerational transmission of ADHD behaviors: genetic and environmental pathways.

Thomas Haarklau Kleppesto Espen Moen Eilertsen Elsje van Bergen Hans Fredrik Sunde Brendan P Zietsch Magnus NordmoNikolai Haahjem EftedalKaroline Alexandra Havdahl Eivind Ystrøm Fartein Ask Torvik

Published in: Psychological medicine (2023)

The intergenerational resemblance of ADHD behaviors is primarily due to genetic transmission, with little evidence for parental ADHD behaviors causing children's ADHD behaviors. This contradicts theories proposing environmental explanations of intergenerational transmission of ADHD, such as parenting theories or psychological life-history theory.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
genome wide
human health
copy number
dna methylation
climate change
life cycle