Self-Reported Maternal Parenting Stress From 9 m Is Longitudinally Associated With Child ADHD Symptoms at Age 12: Findings From a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.806669
• Publication Date: 2022-04-28T05:57:55Z
• Authors: Kaori Endo; Daniel Stanyon; Syudo Yamasaki; Miharu Nakanishi; Junko Niimura; Sho Kanata; Shinya Fujikawa; Yuko Morimoto; Mariko Hosozawa; Kaori Baba; Nao Oikawa; Naomi Nakajima; Kazuhiro Suzuki; Mitsuhiro Miyashita; Shuntaro Ando; Mariko Hiraiwa-Ha...; Kiyoto Kasai; Atsushi Nishida
• Keywords: Psychiatry; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Maternal and Child Health handbook; adolescent; maternal parenting stress; RC435-571; ADHD; birth cohort; 3. Good health

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) develops in early childhood and carries lifelong impact, but identification intervention ensure optimal clinical outcomes. Prolonged or excessive parenting stress may be a response to infant behavioral differences antecedent developmental disorders such as ADHD, therefore represents potentially valuable inclusion routine early-life assessment. To investigate the feasibility of using routinely-collected self-reported maternal risk marker for child this study investigated longitudinal association between from 1 36 months after childbirth ADHD adolescence.The sample comprised 2,638 children (1,253 girls) Tokyo Teen Cohort population-based birth cohort study. Mothers recorded five times following Maternal Child Health Handbook, tool used assessment Japan. Nine years later, mothers evaluated their child's symptoms at 12 y hyperactivity/inattention subscale Strength Difficulties Questionnaire.Approximately 7.5% parents reported that they had m childbirth. 6.2% were above cut-off y. Parenting 3-4 was not associated with However, significantly 9-10 (unadjusted OR = 1.42, p =.047, 95% CI [1.00, 2/00]), 18 1.57, =.007, [1.13, 2.19]) 1.67, =.002, [1.20, 2.31]). These associations remained adjustment sex, age family income.We identified 9-10, old. Self-reported data have utility an indicator risk. Participation health checks, stress, tailoring support needs should promoted ADHD.