The Impact of Internalizing Symptoms on Impairment for Children With ADHD: A Strength-Based Perspective-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Impact of Internalizing Symptoms on Impairment for Children With ADHD: A Strength-Based Perspective

Published:2022-08-03 Issue:1 Volume:27 Page:26-37
ISSN:1087-0547
Container-title:Journal of Attention Disorders
language:en
Short-container-title:J Atten Disord

Author:

Bethune Sarah C.¹^ORCID,Rogers Maria A.²,Smith David¹,Whitley Jess¹,Hone Michael³,McBrearty Natasha³

Affiliation:

1. University of Ottawa, ON, Canada

2. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

3. Crossroads Children’s Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Abstract

Background/Purpose: This study aims to investigate the influence of internalizing symptoms on functional impairment for children with ADHD, and whether child strengths and parenting strengths have moderating effects on this relationship. Methods: Participants included 209 children with ADHD and their caregivers seeking mental health services between the ages of 5 and 11 years. To examine the moderating effects of parenting and child strengths, ordinary least squares regression models were tested using the PROCESS macro for SPSS (v3.5). Results: Results suggest that levels of internalizing symptoms influence functional impairment in children with ADHD. Child strengths moderate the relationship between internalizing symptoms and functional impairment when internalizing symptoms are medium to high. Conclusion: Findings from this study demonstrate that facilitating child strengths can help moderate functional impairment for children who experience ADHD and internalizing symptoms.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Clinical Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10870547221115874

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