Changes in parental attitudes toward attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder impairment over time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decades, the prevalence of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased. However, the underlying explanation for this increase remains unclear. We aimed to assess whether there has been a secular change in how parents perceive the impairment conferred by ADHD symptomatology.

Methods

Data for this study were obtained from the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden, involving 27,240 individuals whose parents answered a questionnaire when the children were 9 years old. We assessed the relationship between parentally perceived impairment caused by ADHD symptoms scores over time. The analysis was performed separately for five different birth cohorts, spanning three-year periods from 1995 to 2009 and for ADHD inattention and hyperactivi

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Argibay M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472822 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature