Maternal ADHD Symptoms, Personality, and Parenting Stress: Differences Between Mothers of Children With ADHD and Mothers of Comparison Children

Objective: Mothers raising a child with ADHD can experience high parenting stress. We evaluated if mothers’ personality traits and own ADHD symptoms could also affect parenting stress. Method: 430 biological mothers from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA mothers) and 237 of a...

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Main Authors: Arnold, L.E (Author), Copley, L.M (Author), Hechtman, L. (Author), Hinshaw, S.P (Author), Jensen, P.S (Author), Kragh, C.A (Author), Lowe, M. (Author), Molina, B.S.G (Author), Perez Algorta, G. (Author), Swanson, J.M (Author)
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2018
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520 3 |a Objective: Mothers raising a child with ADHD can experience high parenting stress. We evaluated if mothers’ personality traits and own ADHD symptoms could also affect parenting stress. Method: 430 biological mothers from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA mothers) and 237 of a local normative comparison group (LNCG mothers) were evaluated at baseline. Interactions were tested between mothers’ group and maternal personality/ADHD symptoms related to parenting stress. Results: Compared to LNCG, MTA mothers had higher parenting stress, self-reported ADHD, neuroticism, and lower conscientiousness and agreeableness. When personality and ADHD were evaluated together, ADHD symptoms interacted with mothers’ group: high maternal ADHD was positively associated with parenting stress for LNCG but not MTA mothers. Conclusion: Personality traits or ADHD characteristics do not appear operative for the high parenting stress of mothers of a child with ADHD. However, high maternal ADHD or low conscientiousness are associated with stress levels similar to raising a child with ADHD. © The Author(s) 2014. 
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650 0 4 |a Mother-Child Relations 
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700 1 |a Arnold, L.E.  |e author 
700 1 |a Copley, L.M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Hechtman, L.  |e author 
700 1 |a Hinshaw, S.P.  |e author 
700 1 |a Jensen, P.S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Kragh, C.A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Lowe, M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Molina, B.S.G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Perez Algorta, G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Swanson, J.M.  |e author 
773 |t Journal of Attention Disorders