The Parental Emotional Response to Children Index: A Questionnaire Measure of Parents’ Reactions to ADHD

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Parental Emotional Response to Children Index

T2 - A Questionnaire Measure of Parents’ Reactions to ADHD

AU - Lambek, Rikke

AU - Barke, Edmund James

AU - Psychogiou, Lamprini

AU - Thompson, Margaret

AU - Tannock, Rosemary

AU - Daley, David

AU - Damm, Dorte

AU - Thomsen, Per Hove

PY - 2017/4/1

Y1 - 2017/4/1

N2 - Objective: The current study introduces the Parental Emotional Response to Children Index (PERCI), a new questionnaire specifically designed to measure parents’ emotional response to ADHD and related behaviors (delay discounting and delay aversion). Method: The PERCI was completed by parents of 6- to 14-year-old children with (n = 126) and without (n = 160) ADHD. Results: Factor analysis confirmed five separate subscales with acceptable psychometric properties. Parents of children with ADHD reported a stronger emotional response to ADHD behaviors than parents of typically developing children and inattention symptoms evoked the strongest emotional response in parents regardless of child diagnostic status. Conclusion: Parents’ emotional responses appear to be differentiated in terms of specific ADHD-related triggers mapping onto the different domains of ADHD and delay-related responses. Further research is required to understand changes in parental emotional responses over time and their impact on children’s developmental trajectories.

AB - Objective: The current study introduces the Parental Emotional Response to Children Index (PERCI), a new questionnaire specifically designed to measure parents’ emotional response to ADHD and related behaviors (delay discounting and delay aversion). Method: The PERCI was completed by parents of 6- to 14-year-old children with (n = 126) and without (n = 160) ADHD. Results: Factor analysis confirmed five separate subscales with acceptable psychometric properties. Parents of children with ADHD reported a stronger emotional response to ADHD behaviors than parents of typically developing children and inattention symptoms evoked the strongest emotional response in parents regardless of child diagnostic status. Conclusion: Parents’ emotional responses appear to be differentiated in terms of specific ADHD-related triggers mapping onto the different domains of ADHD and delay-related responses. Further research is required to understand changes in parental emotional responses over time and their impact on children’s developmental trajectories.

KW - PERCI, parenting, ADHD, delay-related motivational behavior

U2 - 10.1177/1087054714539996

DO - 10.1177/1087054714539996

M3 - Article

SN - 1087-0547

VL - 21

SP - 494

EP - 507

JO - Journal of Attention Disorders

JF - Journal of Attention Disorders

IS - 6

ER -