Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Differential impacts of parental attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder on early maternal‐infant attachment
Originally published 2025-06-27 · JCPP Advances
Wiley · DOI 10.1002/jcv2.70029 ↗
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How might parental ADHD affect the support a family needs to build an early relationship?
By comparing maternal-infant attachment across groups, the authors consider a context often missing from generic advice on bonding.
Who was studied?
Mothers with and without ADHD enrolled during pregnancy or postpartum
Age / stage: Pregnancy and early infancy
Read with three questions
- How might parental ADHD affect the support a family needs to build an early relationship?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (mothers with and without ADHD enrolled during pregnancy or postpartum) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Groups were defined by mothers' ADHD status, not random assignment. Differences in supports, symptoms and circumstances can also shape how mothers report the early relationship.
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Elyse Mark; Brooke S G Molina; Michelle A Wilson; Charles H Zeanah; Heather M Joseph (2025). Differential impacts of parental attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder on early maternal‐infant attachment JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.70029
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