Mothers' and Fathers' Attributions and Beliefs in Families of Girls and Boys with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Mandy; Seipp, Carla M.; Johnston, Charlotte
Titel	Mothers' and Fathers' Attributions and Beliefs in Families of Girls and Boys with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Quelle	In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 39 (2008) 1, S.85-99 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-398X
DOI	10.1007/s10578-007-0073-6
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Disorders; Child Behavior; Severity (of Disability); Fathers; Attribution Theory; Gender Differences; Parent Attitudes; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Children; Drug Therapy; Demography; Individual Characteristics; Behavior Problems; Negative Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Behavior Modification; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Hyperaktivität; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Schweregrad; Geschlechterkonflikt; Elternverhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Demografie; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Negative Fixierung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung
Abstract	This study examined parent and child gender effects on parents' attributions and beliefs in regards to child symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants included mothers and fathers of 19 girls and 17 boys with ADHD. Groups of boys and girls, aged 5-13 years, were equated on age and medication status, as well as ADHD symptom severity. These groups also were similar in the severity of comorbid oppositional behaviors and internalizing problems, as well as a variety of demographic characteristics. Parents' attributions for child behavior were assessed in response to written scenarios describing either hyperactive/impulsive or inattentive symptoms of ADHD. Parents also completed a questionnaire assessing beliefs and knowledge about ADHD. There were no child gender effects for parents' attributions or beliefs. All parents attributed inattentive symptoms to more internal, global and stable causes than impulsive symptoms. Mothers attributed both inattentive and impulsive child symptoms to more global and stable causes than did fathers. Fathers, but not mothers, reported more negative reactions to ADHD symptoms that were perceived as having an internal cause. Finally, mothers scored higher on beliefs in behavior management than did fathers, and fathers believed more in psychological causes and treatments for ADHD. Possible explanations for and implications of these results are explored. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10