Mother–child dyadic synchrony is associated with better functioning in hyperactive/inattentive preschool children

Healey, Dione; Gopin, Chaya B.; Grossman, Bella; Campbell, Susan B.; Halperin, Jeffrey M.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02220.x

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“…The procedure for data collection for this study has been described elsewhere (Healey, Gopin, Grossman, Campbell, & Halperin, 2010) and therefore will only be briefly described here. Data were collected in two phases.…”

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Associations between birth weight and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity: indirect effects via primary neuropsychological functions

Hatch

Healey

Halperin

2013

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Background ADHD has a range of aetiological origins which are associated with a number of disruptions in neuropsychological functioning. This study aims to examine how low birth weight, a proxy measure for a range of environmental complications during gestation, predicts ADHD symptom severity in preschool-aged children indirectly via neuropsychological functioning. Methods 197 preschool-aged children were recruited as part of a larger longitudinal study. Two neuropsychological factors were derived from NEPSY domain scores. One, referred to as ‘Primary Neuropsychological Function,’ loaded highly with Sensorimotor and Visuospatial scores. The other, termed ‘Higher-Order Function’ loaded highly with Language and Memory domain scores. Executive functioning split evenly across the two. Analyses examined whether these neuropsychological factors allowed for an indirect association between birth weight and ADHD symptom severity. Results While both factors were associated with symptom severity, only the Primary Neuropsychological Factor was associated with birth weight. Furthermore, birth weight was indirectly associated to symptom severity via this factor. Conclusions These data indicate that birth weight is indirectly associated with ADHD severity via disruption of neuropsychological functions that are more primary in function as opposed to functions that play a higher-order role in utilising and integrating the primary functions.

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Associations between birth weight and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity: indirect effects via primary neuropsychological functions

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Halperin

2013

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…As such, children with subthreshold symptoms such as symptoms that occur in only one setting or a symptom profile limited to five rather than six symptoms of ADHD are not included. In contrast, Healey, Gopin, Grossman, Campbell, and Halperin (2010) studied children who did not meet full DSM ( DSM-IV ; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994) criteria for ADHD, rather had at least six symptoms across settings. Nonetheless, children in their sample had functional impairments, supporting a broader classification approach.…”

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Early and Concurrent Features of ADHD and Sensory Over-Responsivity Symptom Clusters

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Objective This study aimed to characterize clusters of children based on ADHD and sensory over-responsivity (SOR) symptoms, and to compare their markers. Method Parents of 922 infants completed the Infant–Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) Sensory Sensitivity, Attention, and Activity/Impulsivity scales at three time points during early childhood and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and SensOR inventory during elementary school age. Results Four school-age clusters emerged from the CBCL ADHD and SensOR scores: (a) elevated SOR symptoms only (n = 35); (b) elevated ADHD symptoms only (n = 38); (c) elevated ADHD and SOR symptoms (ADHD + S, n = 35); and (d) low ADHD and SOR symptoms (n = 814). The SOR and ADHD + S clusters had higher early Sensitivity scores than the ADHD and Low clusters. The ADHD and ADHD + S clusters differed from the SOR and Low clusters in their early Attention and Activity/Impulsivity scores. Conclusion SOR and ADHD symptoms occur independently and consistently over time.

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“…We further hypothesized that both TBI groups would demonstrate a decline in warm responsiveness over time and, conversely, an increase in negativity over time relative to an age-matched cohort of children with OI, again with the expectation of more pronounced differences following a severe TBI. Research involving parent–child interactions has demonstrated that the parent–child relationship experiences more stress in a structured as opposed to a nonstructured task (Healey, Gopin, Grossman, Campbell, & Halperin, 2010; Wade et al, 2008; Barkley, Karlsson, & Pollard, 1985). Hence, we also anticipated that maternal warm responsiveness would be lower in the teaching task.…”

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Maternal warm responsiveness and negativity following traumatic brain injury in young children.

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Brown²,

Cassedy³

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Rehabilitation Psychology

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Purpose/Objective To understand how traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects maternal warm responsiveness and negativity over the first 12 months following injury. Method/Design We used a concurrent cohort research design to examine dyadic interactions in young children with a TBI (n = 78) and a comparison group of young children with orthopedic injuries (OI; n = 112) and their families during the initial weeks following injury (i.e., baseline) and at two follow-up periods (approximately 6 and 12 months later). Trained raters coded videotaped interactions during a free play and structured teaching task for maternal warm responsiveness and negativity. Results Mothers in the complicated mild/moderate TBI group, but not those in the severe TBI group, exhibited significantly lower levels of maternal warm responsiveness than mothers in the OI group. However, these differences were observed only at baseline during free play and only at baseline and 6 months postinjury during the structured teaching task, suggesting diminishing adverse effects of complicated mild/moderate TBI on parenting over time postinjury. Analysis failed to reveal group differences in maternal negativity at any of the assessments. Across groups, lower socioeconomic status (SES) was associated with lower levels of warm responsiveness and higher levels of negativity. Conclusions/Implications These findings, though preliminary, indicate possible alterations in mother–child interactions in the months following a TBI.

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Mother–child dyadic synchrony is associated with better functioning in hyperactive/inattentive preschool children

Abstract: Dyadic synchrony between mother and child plays a role in the functioning of preschool children displaying elevated symptoms of hyperactivity/inattention, and may represent a potential area for intervention that is not generally addressed in most parent management training programs.

Cited by 45 publications

References 48 publications

Associations between birth weight and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity: indirect effects via primary neuropsychological functions

Associations between birth weight and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity: indirect effects via primary neuropsychological functions

Early and Concurrent Features of ADHD and Sensory Over-Responsivity Symptom Clusters

Maternal warm responsiveness and negativity following traumatic brain injury in young children.

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