Nitpicky Parents Associated with Persistent ADHD

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• ADHD stands for 'attention deficit hyperactivity disorder'
• Researchers interviewed parents twice (on their children) over 3 years;
  • Experts would then measure the interviews based on:
    • Levels of criticism
    • Emotional over-involvement
• Findings suggest continual/high-level parental criticism and emotional over-involvement associated with persistent ADHD symptoms
• Study involved 388 ADHD children and 127 control
• Application: interventions reducing parental criticism could reduce ADHD symptoms
• Published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology