The Role of Parental Monitoring in Mediating the Link Between Adolescent ADHD Symptoms and Risk-Taking Behavior.
Autor: Pollak, Yehuda; Poni, Bella; Gershy, Naama; Aran, Adi
Publication year: 2020
Journal of attention disorders
issn:1557-1246 1087-0547
doi: 10.1177/1087054717725875
Abstract:
Objective: ADHD in adolescents and low level of parental monitoring have been associated with increased risk-taking behavior. The present study examined whether parental knowledge of the child’s whereabouts mediates the correlations between adolescent ADHD symptoms and risk-taking behavior. Method: Ninety-two adolescents and their parents completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of parents’ monitoring, engagement in risk-taking behaviors, and ADHD symptoms. Results: Greater engagement in risk-taking behavior correlated with higher levels of ADHD symptoms and decreased parental monitoring. Mediation analysis revealed both direct effect of ADHD symptoms on risk-taking behavior and an indirect effect mediated by level of parental knowledge. Conclusion: These findings suggest that parental knowledge is negatively affected by the presence of ADHD symptoms, and may in turn lead to risk-taking behavior. The findings emphasize the need to target parenting and in particular parental knowledge of the child’s whereabouts to reduce risk-taking behaviors among youth with ADHD.
Language: eng
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Pmid: 28823191
Tags: Humans; Child; Adolescent; ADHD; adolescents; *Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Parents; *Adolescent Behavior; Parent-Child Relations; parental monitoring; Parenting; Risk-Taking; risk-taking behavior
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28823191/