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ArticleJCPP advances2025

Family history of ADHD associates with stronger problem-solving skills amongst 2- to 3-year-olds.

Alexandra Hendry, Emily J H Jones, Linn Andersson-Konke, Mary Agyapong, Tessel Bazelmans, Jannath Begum-Ali, Mutluhan Ersoy, Amy Goodwin, Greg Pasco, Terje Falck-Ytter and 3 more

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Article in JCPP advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Identification of Early Temperament Profiles in Infants at Elevated Likelihood for Autism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Alexandra HendryDepartment of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1985-2521
Emily J H JonesFaculty of Science Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development School of Psychological Sciences Birkbeck College University of London London UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-9540
Linn Andersson-KonkeDepartment of Psychology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden.
Mary AgyapongPsychology Department Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London London UK.
Tessel BazelmansPsychology Department Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London London UK.
Jannath Begum-AliFaculty of Science Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development School of Psychological Sciences Birkbeck College University of London London UK.
Mutluhan ErsoyDepartment of Psychology Kastamonu University Kastamonu Turkey.
Amy GoodwinDepartment of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience King's College London UK.
Greg PascoPsychology Department Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London London UK.
Terje Falck-YtterDepartment of Psychology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden.
Mark H JohnsonFaculty of Science Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development School of Psychological Sciences Birkbeck College University of London London UK.
Tony CharmanPsychology Department Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London London UK.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is linked to strengths in creative problem-solving amongst school-aged children and adults. In contrast, autism (which frequently co-occurs with ADHD) is associated with lower generativity, and perseverative responses during problem-solving. Little is known about how ADHD and autism traits-or broader heritable autism and ADHD phenotypes-associate with problem-solving skills in early childhood. Methods: 129 UK 2- and 3-year-olds (exploratory dataset) and 74 Swedish 3-year-olds (confirmatory dataset) with and without a family history (FH) of ADHD and autism, completed a problem-solving task. Parents reported on their 3-year-olds' ADHD and autism traits using the Child Behaviour Checklist and Social Responsiveness Scale-2. FH group differences in problem-solving performance were tested using ANOVA (exploratory dataset, FH-autism and FH-ADHD as fixed factors) and Results: Compared with peers with no FH-ADHD, children with FH-ADHD showed higher problem-solving success at 2 (partial Conclusions: Considering a child's family history alongside their neurodivergent traits may help to identify their likely strengths, and how to access them: Children with ADHD traits and/or a family history of ADHD are likely to have an aptitude for generative problem-solving when presented with highly motivating, ecologically valid challenges.

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ADHDautismendophenotypeexecutive functionsgenerativityproblem‐solving

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