Association of parental psychopathology to the comorbid disorders of boys with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
Linda J PfiffnerKeith McBurnettBenjamin B LaheyRolf LoeberStephanie GreenPaul J FrickPaul J RathouzPublished in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology (2000)
This study examined whether particular forms of parental psychopathology are related to similar forms of comorbid psychopathology in offspring with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Parental disorders were assessed using maternal interviews, and child disorders were assessed using multiple-informant interviews for 111 clinic-referred boys (aged 7-12) with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 1987) ADHD. Associations between parental and child internalizing disorders and between parental and child externalizing disorders were found, but associations across categories of disorder (i.e., internalizing and externalizing) were not. Similar relationships were observed in 66 clinic-referred boys without ADHD. These findings support specific modes of familial transmission, in contrast to theories that comorbidity simply reflects more severe psychopathology in children with ADHD.
Keyphrases
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- mental health
- autism spectrum disorder
- working memory
- primary care
- emergency department
- anorexia nervosa
- magnetic resonance
- young adults
- high fat diet
- early onset
- computed tomography
- pregnant women
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- body mass index
- drug induced
- contrast enhanced
- preterm birth