TY - JOUR
T1 - Comorbid LD and ADHD in childhood
T2 - Socioemotional and behavioural adjustment and parents' positive and negative affect
AU - Al-Yagon, Michal
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to express her appreciation to Dee B. Ankonina for editorial contribution and the research team for their contribution to data collection. This research was supported by IFT grant 62/2006.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The present study examined how vulnerability and protective factors at the individual level (child's disabilities; patterns of attachment), and at the family level (fathers'/mothers' affect), help explain differences in socioemotional and behavioural adjustment among children aged 8-12 years with comorbid learning disability (LD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or with typical development. Participants were 118 father-mother-child triads: 59 couples and children with comorbid LD/ADHD and 59 couples with typically developing children. Preliminary analyses indicated significant group differences on all children's measures and on fathers' and mothers' affect measures. As hypothesised, findings showed the contribution of parents' positive and negative affect to children's adjustment, with differences for fathers' versus mothers' affect. Discussion focuses on understanding the unique value of fathers' and mothers' affect on children's well-adjusted functioning.
AB - The present study examined how vulnerability and protective factors at the individual level (child's disabilities; patterns of attachment), and at the family level (fathers'/mothers' affect), help explain differences in socioemotional and behavioural adjustment among children aged 8-12 years with comorbid learning disability (LD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or with typical development. Participants were 118 father-mother-child triads: 59 couples and children with comorbid LD/ADHD and 59 couples with typically developing children. Preliminary analyses indicated significant group differences on all children's measures and on fathers' and mothers' affect measures. As hypothesised, findings showed the contribution of parents' positive and negative affect to children's adjustment, with differences for fathers' versus mothers' affect. Discussion focuses on understanding the unique value of fathers' and mothers' affect on children's well-adjusted functioning.
KW - ADHD
KW - Adjustment
KW - Affect
KW - Learning disabilities
KW - Parents
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350304826&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08856250903223054
DO - 10.1080/08856250903223054
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AN - SCOPUS:70350304826
SN - 0885-6257
VL - 24
SP - 371
EP - 391
JO - European Journal of Special Needs Education
JF - European Journal of Special Needs Education
IS - 4
ER -