Citation

Fredrick JW, Luebbe AM, Mancini KJ, Burns GL, Epstein JN, Garner AA, Jarrett MA, Becker SP. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2019; 75(1): 221-237.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.22703

PMID

30368829

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The current study investigated whether a maladaptive family environment would moderate the strength of the relations of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder inattention (ADHD-IN) and to depressive symptoms in a large sample of college students.

METHODS: Participants (n = 3,172), between the ages of 18-29 (M ± SD_age  = 19.24 ± 1.52; 69.8% women; 80.4% White) and enrolled in five universities in the United States completed self-report measures of symptomatology, interparental conflict, and family expressiveness of emotions.

RESULTS: A negative emotional climate strengthened relations of SCT with ADHD-IN and depressive symptoms. Moreover, the lack of a positive emotional climate strengthened the co-occurrence of SCT with depressive symptoms, though not with ADHD-IN.

CONCLUSIONS: The current study is the first to demonstrate that the family environment moderates the association between SCT and co-occurring symptomatology in young adults.

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Language: en

Keywords

family environment; psychopathology; sluggish cognitive tempo; transdiagnostic