%0 Journal Article
%T Association Between Parenting Style and Socio
%A Emma Sciberras
%A Jan M. Nicholson
%A Philip Hazell
%A Sampada Bhide
%A Vicki Anderson
%J Journal of Attention Disorders
%@ 1557-1246
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1087054716661420
%X 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 socio-emotional functioning for children with ADHD and non-ADHD controls, after adjusting for socio-demographic variables, externalizing comorbidities, and ADHD symptom severity. Parenting style was no longer related to academic functioning and most teacher-reported outcomes after adjustment. Conclusion: Generic parenting interventions that promote warm, consistent, and calm parenting may help alleviate socio-emotional impairments in children with ADHD
%K ADHD
%K parenting
%K functional impairment
%K community sample
%K school-age children
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1087054716661420