ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2020
Associations between ADHD and emotional problems from childhood to young adulthood: a longitudinal genetically sensitive study.
Article in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reproducible Temperament Profiles in Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Prospectively Predict Clinical Outcomes.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026Article
- ADHD and metabolic syndrome: behavioral and weight-related pathways to cardiovascular risk.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Review of Emotion Regulation Psychosocial Interventions for Children and Adolescents with ADHD.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder traits, societal exclusion and midlife psychological distress.Nature. Mental health · 2026Article
- A Neuropsychological Perspective on ADHD: Quantitative Insights into Working Memory Components.Annals of neurosciences · 2025Article
- Sensory processing, emotional and behavioural challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactive disorder.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder combined subtype exacerbates opioid use disorder consequences: Mediation by impulsive phenotypes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- ADHD-related sex differences in emotional symptoms across development.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Neurodevelopmental disorders in children seeking obesity treatment- associations with intellectual ability and psychiatric conditions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Emotional problems mediate the association between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obesity in adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Childhood executive functions and ADHD symptoms predict psychopathology symptoms in emerging adults with and without ADHD: a 10-year longitudinal study.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Practitioner Review: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder - the importance of depression.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Review
- Sleep patterns, sluggish cognitive tempo, and daytime sleepiness - a commentary on Fredrick et al. (2022).Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Article
- The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as a Valuable Screening Tool for Identifying Core Symptoms and Behavioural and Emotional Problems in Children with Neuropsychiatric Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Longitudinal network model of the co-development of temperament, executive functioning, and psychopathology symptoms in youth with and without ADHD.Development and psychopathology · 2021Article
- Sex differences in anxiety and depression in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Investigating genetic liability and comorbidity.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2021Article
- Distinct Patterns of Impaired Cognitive Control Among Boys and Girls with ADHD Across Development.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
- Declining Trajectories of Co-occurring Psychopathology Symptoms in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Identification and Characterization of Influential Factors in Susceptibility to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Preschool-Aged Children.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- The Co-occurrence of Pediatric Obesity and ADHD: an Understanding of Shared Pathophysiology and Implications for Collaborative Management.Current obesity reports · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAttention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with emotional problems, and their co-occurrence often leads to worse outcomes. We investigated the developmental associations between ADHD and emotional problems from childhood to early adolescence and examined the genetic and environmental contributions to their developmental link. We further tested whether this developmental association remained across the transition to young adulthood.
methodsWe used data from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a cohort of 2,232 British twins. In childhood, ADHD and emotional problems were assessed at ages 5, 7, 10 and 12 with mothers' and teachers' reports. At age 18, we used self-reported symptoms according to DSM-5 criteria for ADHD, and DSM-IV for anxiety and depression.
resultsLongitudinal analyses showed that earlier ADHD was associated with later emotional problems consistently across childhood. However, earlier emotional problems were not associated with later ADHD symptoms. The developmental association between ADHD and later emotional problems in childhood was entirely explained by common genetic factors. Consistent with results in childhood, earlier symptoms of ADHD were associated with later emotional problems during the transition to young adulthood.
conclusionsOur findings demonstrate that ADHD symptoms are predictors of the development of emotional problems, from childhood up to young adulthood, through shared genetic influences. Interventions targeting ADHD symptoms might prevent the development of emotional problems. Clinicians treating youth with ADHD must be aware of their risk for developing emotional problems and ought to assess, monitor and treat emotional problems alongside ADHD symptoms from childhood to adulthood.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.