Temporal and Reciprocal Relations Between ADHD symptoms and Emotional Problems in School-Age Children

Han, Gloria; Chen, Yi‐Lung; Tsai, Fujung; Gau, Susan Shur‐Fen

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“…Symptoms of emotional distress in children (e.g., irritability, sadness, and worry) are frequently accompanied by externalizing behaviors (e.g., restlessness, temper tantrums, and inability to concentrate) and may even predict attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms over time ( Brocki et al, 2019 ). In fact, recent studies have suggested that emotional problems may positively predict inattention symptoms and that high levels of physical (e.g., headaches and stomachaches) and internalizing symptoms – associated with emotional distress – are typically present before a diagnosis of ADHD ( Han et al, 2020 ). Both internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children and preadolescents can have serious consequences for their interpersonal, cognitive, and psychological domains, such as impaired social competency, substance abuse, poor academic performance, and decreased mental health ( Creavey et al, 2018 ; Gargano et al, 2018 ).…”

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The Effect of Parent Psychological Distress on Child Hyperactivity/Inattention During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Testing the Mediation of Parent Verbal Hostility and Child Emotional Symptoms

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis is strongly affecting the psychological well-being of the general population. According to a very recent literature, the imposed lockdown and social distancing measures have generated a series of negative outcomes, including fear of the future, anxiety, and somatization symptoms. Few studies have investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of parents and children, and still fewer studies have assessed the relationship between the psychological health of parents and children. The present study aimed at understanding the effect of parents’ psychological distress and verbal aggression on behavioral and emotional symptoms of children during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using an online survey administered in the first weeks of the lockdown in Italy, we explored the mediating effects of parent verbal hostility and child emotional symptoms on the relationship between parent distress and child hyperactivity/inattention in a sample of 878 Italian parents (87.4% mothers; meanage = 40.58). Two hypotheses were proposed: (1) parent distress would significantly predict child hyperactivity/inattention, and (2) parent verbal hostility and child emotional symptoms would mediate the association between parent distress and child hyperactivity/inattention. The serial mediated model confirmed both hypotheses, suggesting that higher rates of psychological distress in parents were associated with higher levels of hyperactivity/inattention in children. Parent verbal hostility and child emotional problems were also found to positively mediate this relation. Our results may be used to improve sociopsychological interventions in the general population in the near future. They may also contribute to the clinical definition of therapeutic paths for parents and families.

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The Effect of Parent Psychological Distress on Child Hyperactivity/Inattention During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Testing the Mediation of Parent Verbal Hostility and Child Emotional Symptoms

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“…The Chinese SNAP-IV has been widely used in assessing ADHD and ODD symptoms in clinical and research settings in Taiwan (e.g. (Chiang et al ., 2015; Han et al ., 2018).…”

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White matter endophenotype candidates for ADHD: a diffusion imaging tractography study with sibling design

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BackgroundBrain structural alterations are frequently observed in probands with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Here we examined the microstructural integrity of 76 white matter tracts among unaffected siblings of patients with ADHD to evaluate the potential familial risk and its association with clinical and neuropsychological manifestations.MethodsThe comparison groups included medication-naïve ADHD probands (n = 50), their unaffected siblings (n = 50) and typically developing controls (n = 50, age-and-sex matched with ADHD probands). Whole brain tractography was reconstructed automatically by tract-based analysis of diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI). Microstructural properties of white matter tracts were represented by the values of generalized fractional anisotropy (GFA), fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD) and axial diffusivity (AD).ResultsCompared to the control group, ADHD probands showed higher AD values in the perpendicular fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus I, corticospinal tract, and corpus callosum. The AD values of unaffected siblings were in the intermediate position between those of the ADHD and control groups. These AD values were significantly associated with ADHD symptoms, sustained attention and working memory, for all white matter tracks evaluated except for the perpendicular fasciculus. Higher FA and lower RD values in the right frontostriatal tract connecting ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (FS-VLPFC) were associated with better performance in spatial span only in the unaffected sibling group.ConclusionsAbnormal AD values of specific white matter tracts among unaffected siblings of ADHD probands suggest the presence of familial risk in this population. The right FS-VLPFC may have a role in preventing the expression of the ADHD-related behavioral phenotype.ClinicalTrials.gov numberNCT01682915

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“…Previous research has indicated reciprocal linkage of (some of) the domains included in the SDQ: A one-year longitudinal study with four waves including both children and adolescents showed that emotional problems (as measured by the SDQ) and ADHD symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity are linked (Han et al, 2020). In their study, Han and colleagues (2020) found that inattention symptoms were transactionally and dynamically related to emotional problems, whereas hyperactivity/impulsivity and emotional problems were related, but not reciprocally.…”

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“…Given that (i) scores on the SDQ have been shown to be predictive of an increased risk in psychopathology of children and adolescents (Becker et al, 2015) and (ii) studies highlighting the (reciprocal/causal) relations between dimensions of the SDQ (e.g., Han et al, 2020), we will be applying the aforementioned statistical framework to longitudinal assessments of the SDQ dimensions (3-to 7-year-olds; 3 waves) of two groups: normally developing children (N = 7333) and children who have long lasting (12 months or more) social/ behavioral problems, such as ADHD, autism or Asperger's Syndrome at age 14 (N=290). As this analysis primarily serves as an illustratory example of the proposed networks of developmental dynamic parameters, we refrain from any confirmatory testing.…”

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A magnifying glass for the study of coupled developmental changes: Combining psychological networks and latent growth models

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In recent years, methodological advances for analyzing developmental data are coming thick and fast. Two of the most popular and rapidly developing frameworks are (i) longitudinal structural equation modeling and (ii) network modeling. The present paper outlines the incremental gain in what we can learn from data about co-developing skills and challenges when using these two frameworks in tandem. First, we discuss the proposed analytic paradigm in the context of fundamental questions in developmental psychology. Second, we present two different paths to formalize such questions, introducing, first, a recently developed network model for longitudinal panel data and, second, the notion of growth parameter networks based on latent growth curve models. Used in tandem, they can provide new insights into the longitudinal co-development of developmental domains. Specifically, we focus on integrating growth parameters from latent growth curve models into networks and analyzing them as such. Third, we illustrate these analytic steps with an empirical example using longitudinal data from the Millenium Cohort Study (N=7623). As illustrated and discussed in the real data example, the proposed approach offers a magnifying glass to the study of coupled developmental changes. Teasing apart the processes underlying the heterogeneity of childhood development can, in turn, add to substantive developmental theory.

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Temporal and Reciprocal Relations Between ADHD symptoms and Emotional Problems in School-Age Children

Abstract: Our findings highlight the transactional and dynamic interplay between inattention symptoms and emotional problems and support the mechanistic role of inattention symptoms in the development and persistence of emotional problems in school-age children.

Cited by 12 publications

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The Effect of Parent Psychological Distress on Child Hyperactivity/Inattention During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Testing the Mediation of Parent Verbal Hostility and Child Emotional Symptoms

The Effect of Parent Psychological Distress on Child Hyperactivity/Inattention During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Testing the Mediation of Parent Verbal Hostility and Child Emotional Symptoms

White matter endophenotype candidates for ADHD: a diffusion imaging tractography study with sibling design

A magnifying glass for the study of coupled developmental changes: Combining psychological networks and latent growth models

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