OBJECTIVE: Few studies assessed factors associated with the agreement/disagreement between fathers and mothers when rating ADHD symptoms of their offspring. METHOD: Teachers and both parents assessed a referred sample of 98 children and adolescents aged 6 to 16 years ( M age = 9.79, SD = 2.59) using the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham (SNAP-IV) rating scale. The agreement was assessed for each of the items of the scale and correlated with variables measuring children's features, socioeconomic adversity, family functioning, and parental psychopathology. RESULTS: Mean agreement between parents was moderate for the inattentive and good for the hyperactive-impulsive construct. Mothers tended to report more symptoms than fathers. The agreement was lower in those families where parents had discrepant educational levels. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a significant cross-informant disagreement between parents on symptoms of ADHD. Discrepant parental education has a relevant role in explaining parental disagreement in reporting ADHD symptoms.
OBJECTIVE: Few studies assessed factors associated with the agreement/disagreement between fathers and mothers when rating ADHD symptoms of their offspring. METHOD: Teachers and both parents assessed a referred sample of 98 children and adolescents aged 6 to 16 years ( M age = 9.79, SD = 2.59) using the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham (SNAP-IV) rating scale. The agreement was assessed for each of the items of the scale and correlated with variables measuring children's features, socioeconomic adversity, family functioning, and parental psychopathology. RESULTS: Mean agreement between parents was moderate for the inattentive and good for the hyperactive-impulsive construct. Mothers tended to report more symptoms than fathers. The agreement was lower in those families where parents had discrepant educational levels. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a significant cross-informant disagreement between parents on symptoms of ADHD. Discrepant parental education has a relevant role in explaining parental disagreement in reporting ADHD symptoms.
Authors: Ruth Sellers; Gordon T Harold; Anita Thapar; Jenae M Neiderhiser; Jody M Ganiban; David Reiss; Daniel S Shaw; Misaki N Natsuaki; Leslie D Leve Journal: Behav Genet Date: 2020-07-04 Impact factor: 2.805
Authors: Ole Jakob Storebø; Erica Ramstad; Helle B Krogh; Trine Danvad Nilausen; Maria Skoog; Mathilde Holmskov; Susanne Rosendal; Camilla Groth; Frederik L Magnusson; Carlos R Moreira-Maia; Donna Gillies; Kirsten Buch Rasmussen; Dorothy Gauci; Morris Zwi; Richard Kirubakaran; Bente Forsbøl; Erik Simonsen; Christian Gluud Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2015-11-25
Authors: Ole Jakob Storebø; Helle B Krogh; Erica Ramstad; Carlos R Moreira-Maia; Mathilde Holmskov; Maria Skoog; Trine Danvad Nilausen; Frederik L Magnusson; Morris Zwi; Donna Gillies; Susanne Rosendal; Camilla Groth; Kirsten Buch Rasmussen; Dorothy Gauci; Richard Kirubakaran; Bente Forsbøl; Erik Simonsen; Christian Gluud Journal: BMJ Date: 2015-11-25