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01-09-2019 | Pathology | Original Article

Temperamental negative affect, emotion-specific regulation, and concurrent internalizing and externalizing pathology among children with ADHD

Authors: Kirsten D. Leaberry, Paul J. Rosen, Kelly E. Slaughter, Joseph Reese, Nicholas D. Fogleman

Published in: ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders | Issue 3/2019

Abstract

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience high rates of temperamental negative affect and comorbid internalizing and externalizing pathology. The current study explored the role of emotion-specific regulation in accounting for the link between temperamental negative affect and psychopathology among children with ADHD. Forty parents of children ages 8–11 (N =29 males, N =11 females) completed measures of child temperament, emotion-specific dysregulation (i.e., anger dysregulation, sadness dysregulation), and psychopathology. Children completed a measure of emotion-specific dysregulation. Results revealed that anger dysregulation fully statistically accounted for the relationship between temperamental negative affect and concurrent externalizing problems. Sadness dysregulation did not account for the relationship between temperamental negative affect and internalizing problems. These novel findings implicate the robust role of anger dysregulation in explaining the link between temperamental negative affect and concurrent externalizing pathology. The results of this study have significant implications for the treatment of emotionally driven externalizing behavior among children with ADHD.

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Title: Temperamental negative affect, emotion-specific regulation, and concurrent internalizing and externalizing pathology among children with ADHD
Authors: Kirsten D. Leaberry
Paul J. Rosen
Kelly E. Slaughter
Joseph Reese
Nicholas D. Fogleman
Publication date: 01-09-2019
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Keyword: Pathology
Published in: ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1866-6116
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6647
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12402-019-00294-8

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