Stable attributions of child behavior and parenting stress in parents of ADHD children.

The purpose of this study was to explore the differences in how parents of ADHD children and non-ADHD parents attribute undesirable and prosocial child behavior, and to determine if attributions about undesirable child behavior influence parents' perceived levels of parenting stress. Parent attributions from 69 parent-child dyads, half with a child ADHD diagnosis, were measured coding videotaped interactions. Results indicated that parents of ADHD children do not make significantly more stable attributions about undesirable child behavior than non-ADHD parents. Additionally, compared to non-ADHD parents, parents of ADHD children did not make significantly more unstable attributions about their children's prosocial behaviors. Regarding parenting stress, individuals who generated higher frequencies of stable attributions also appeared to maintain more negative views of their children's behaviors in comparison to other children.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Besly, Katherine Dobbs

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kaminski, Patricia L.
• Lane, Timothy
• Flint, Pamela

• Parenting -- Psychological aspects.
• Stress (Psychology)
• Attention-deficit-disordered children.
• Attribution (Social psychology)
• ADHD
• child behavior
• parenting stress
• parent attributions
• attributions

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Besly, Katherine Dobbs
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50434910
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3266/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc3266

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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