@article{ref1,
title="The role of parental monitoring in mediating the link between adolescent ADHD symptoms and risk-taking behavior",
journal="Journal of attention disorders",
year="2017",
author="Pollak, Yehuda and Poni, Bella and Gershy, Naama and Aran, Adi",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1087054717725875-1087054717725875",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: ADHD in adolescents and low level of parental monitoring have been associated with increased risk-taking behavior. The present study examined whether parental knowledge of the child's whereabouts mediates the correlations between adolescent ADHD symptoms and risk-taking behavior. <br><br>METHOD: Ninety-two adolescents and their parents completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of parents' monitoring, engagement in risk-taking behaviors, and ADHD symptoms. <br><br>RESULTS: Greater engagement in risk-taking behavior correlated with higher levels of ADHD symptoms and decreased parental monitoring. Mediation analysis revealed both direct effect of ADHD symptoms on risk-taking behavior and an indirect effect mediated by level of parental knowledge. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that parental knowledge is negatively affected by the presence of ADHD symptoms, and may in turn lead to risk-taking behavior. The findings emphasize the need to target parenting and in particular parental knowledge of the child's whereabouts to reduce risk-taking behaviors among youth with ADHD.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1087-0547",
doi="10.1177/1087054717725875",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054717725875"
}