Relationship Between Diagnosis of ADHD in Offspring and Current and Retrospective Self-Reports of Parental ADHD.

This study aimed to discover the relationship between parental self-reports of ADHD symptoms and the diagnosis of ADHD in offspring, to demonstrate the extent to which parental ADHD symptoms predict ADHD diagnosis in offspring, to examine the contribution of adult ADHD scales to ADHD diagnosis, and...

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Published in:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 24; no. 12; pp. 3595 - 3610
Main Authors: Karakaş, Sirel, Bakar, Emel, Dinçer, Elvin, Ülsever, Hatice, Ceylan, Arzu, Taner, Yasemen
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Published: Springer Nature Dec2015
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          Karakaş, Sirel
          Bakar, Emel
          Dinçer, Elvin
          Ülsever, Hatice
          Ceylan, Arzu
          Taner, Yasemen
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          Department of Psychology, Cyprus International University, Nicosia Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
          Department of Psychology, Ufuk University, Ankara Turkey
          Department of Psychology, Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey
          Department of Child Psychiatry, Gazi University, Ankara Turkey
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        Analysis of variance
        Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
        Parents
        Self-evaluation
        Genetics
        Psychiatric diagnosis
        Chi-squared test
        Child psychopathology
        Multivariate analysis
        Research funding
        Comorbidity
        Data analysis software
        State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
        Symptoms
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          Analysis of variance
          Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
          Parents
          Self-evaluation
          Genetics
          Psychiatric diagnosis
          Chi-squared test
          Child psychopathology
          Multivariate analysis
          Research funding
          Comorbidity
          Data analysis software
          State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
          Symptoms
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        Adult Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Scale
        Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
        Parental ADHD symptoms
        Sensitivity and specificity
        Wender Utah (WUR) Scale
        Adult Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Scale
        Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
        Parental ADHD symptoms
        Sensitivity and specificity
        Wender Utah (WUR) Scale
      ab: This study aimed to discover the relationship between parental self-reports of ADHD symptoms and the diagnosis of ADHD in offspring, to demonstrate the extent to which parental ADHD symptoms predict ADHD diagnosis in offspring, to examine the contribution of adult ADHD scales to ADHD diagnosis, and to provide findings on the psychometric utility of adult ADHD scales. The sample consisted of 6-12-year-old boys diagnosed with ADHD (n = 149), boys in the control group (n = 47) and both parents (n = 392). Amongst the many exclusion criteria was the comorbidity of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Parental self-reports of current ADHD symptoms were obtained using the Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Scale (ADD/ADHD Scale), and past symptoms were retrospectively obtained using the Wender-Utah Rating Scale (WUR Scale). For children diagnosed with ADHD, the frequency of parents with ADHD symptoms was higher than the parents without ADHD symptoms; the significance was derived from the group in which both parents displayed ADHD symptoms. The ADHD symptom scores of the parents led to a high accuracy level when predicting ADHD in children (sensitivity) but led to a low accuracy level when classifying children without any diagnosis in the control group (specificity). The study disclosed the psychometric strengths and weaknesses of the ADD/ADHD and WUR scales for measuring parental ADHD symptoms and provided original findings on their psychometric properties.
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