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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
The Parental Emotional Response to Children Index
Rikke Lambek1, Edmund Sonuga-Barke1,2,3, Lamprini Psychogiou4
11 Aarhus University, Denmark.
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.
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