Journal article

Association Between Parenting Style and Socio-Emotional and Academic Functioning in Children With and Without ADHD: A Community-Based Study

S Bhide, E Sciberras, V Anderson, P Hazell, JM Nicholson

Journal of Attention Disorders | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2019

Abstract

Objective: In a community-based study, we examined parenting style and its relationship to functioning in 6- to 8-year-old children (n = 391; 66.2% male) with ADHD (n = 179), compared with non-ADHD controls (n = 212). Method: Parenting style was assessed using parent-reported (93.5% female) measures of warmth, consistency, and anger. Child socio-emotional and academic functioning was measured via parent- and teacher-reported scales, and direct academic assessment. Results: Parents reported less consistency and more anger in the ADHD group compared with non-ADHD controls, with no differences in warmth. Parenting warmth, consistency, and anger were associated with parent-reported aspects of so..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is part of the Children's Attention Project that was funded by the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC; Project Grant No. 1008522) and the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Scheme. Dr Sciberras is funded by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and Career Development Fellowship in Population Health (No. 1037159; 2012-2015; No. 1110688; 2016-2019). Professor Anderson is funded by an NHMRC Senior Practitioner Fellowship (No. 607333; 2010-2014). Professor Nicholson is funded by the Roberta Holmes Transition to contemporary Parenthood Program at La Trobe University.