1 Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
2 Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
J Atten Disord. 2018 Nov;22(13):1266-1277. doi: 10.1177/1087054714561290. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
Mothers raising a child with ADHD can experience high parenting stress. We evaluated if mothers' personality traits and own ADHD symptoms could also affect parenting stress.
430 biological mothers from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA mothers) and 237 of a local normative comparison group (LNCG mothers) were evaluated at baseline. Interactions were tested between mothers' group and maternal personality/ADHD symptoms related to parenting stress.
Compared to LNCG, MTA mothers had higher parenting stress, self-reported ADHD, neuroticism, and lower conscientiousness and agreeableness. When personality and ADHD were evaluated together, ADHD symptoms interacted with mothers' group: high maternal ADHD was positively associated with parenting stress for LNCG but not MTA mothers.
Personality traits or ADHD characteristics do not appear operative for the high parenting stress of mothers of a child with ADHD. However, high maternal ADHD or low conscientiousness are associated with stress levels similar to raising a child with ADHD.
患有注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的儿童的母亲可能会经历较高的育儿压力。我们评估了母亲的个性特征和自身的 ADHD 症状是否也会影响育儿压力。
共评估了来自儿童 ADHD 的多模式治疗研究（MTA 母亲）的 430 名亲生母亲和 237 名当地正常对照组（LNCG 母亲）的基线数据。测试了母亲群体与与育儿压力相关的母亲个性/ADHD 症状之间的相互作用。
与 LNCG 相比，MTA 母亲的育儿压力、自我报告的 ADHD、神经质较高，而尽责性和宜人性较低。当综合评估个性和 ADHD 时，ADHD 症状与母亲群体存在交互作用：高母亲 ADHD 与 LNCG 母亲的育儿压力呈正相关，但与 MTA 母亲无关。
个性特征或 ADHD 特征似乎对患有 ADHD 儿童的母亲的高育儿压力没有影响。然而，高母亲 ADHD 或低尽责性与抚养患有 ADHD 儿童的压力水平相似。
