Emotional Impulsivity and Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties Among Children With ADHD: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.

Children with ADHD often demonstrate impulsive shifts in emotion, characterized by sudden and intense shifts in affect. This study examined the effects of emotional impulsivity over time on the emotional and behavioral functioning of children with ADHD using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). Twenty-seven 8- to 12-year-old children with ADHD, and their parents, completed baseline measures of the children's emotional and behavioral functioning. Parents and children then completed an EMA protocol, whereby they each rated the child's affect three times daily for 28 days. Hierarchical regression analyses strongly supported the relation of greater EMA-derived emotional impulsivity to children's increased emotional and behavioral difficulties. These effects were evident across reporters and were maintained after controlling for baseline emotion dysregulation. Overall, this study demonstrated the utility of EMA-based assessments and suggested that emotional impulsivity may play an important role in the emotional and behavioral functioning of children with ADHD.

Rosen PJ ，Factor PI 《-》

Functional Impairment Variability in Children With ADHD Due to Emotional Impulsivity.

Walerius DM ，Reyes RA ，Rosen PJ ，Factor PI ... -  《-》

The association of emotional lability and emotional and behavioral difficulties among children with and without ADHD.

Rosen PJ ，Walerius DM ，Fogleman ND ，Factor PI ... -  《-》

The Relation of Poor Emotional Awareness and Externalizing Behavior Among Children With ADHD.

Children with ADHD often demonstrate poor emotional self-awareness and higher levels of externalizing behavior problems relative to unaffected children. This study examined the relation of deficient emotional self-awareness to externalizing behavior problems in children with ADHD, and the role of emotional reactivity in this relationship. Fifty-one 8- to 12-year-old children with ADHD and their parents completed measures of the children's emotional and behavioral functioning, as well as a diagnostic structured interview. Logistic regression suggested that more impaired emotional self-awareness was strongly associated with the diagnosis of a comorbid externalizing disorder. Hierarchical regression analyses strongly supported the relation of poor emotional awareness to reactivity-driven externalizing behavior, but not to proactive externalizing behavior. These effects were evident across reporters. This study suggested that poor emotional self-awareness is significantly linked to externalizing problems in children with ADHD, and that dysregulated emotional reactivity plays an important role in this relationship.

Factor PI ，Rosen PJ ，Reyes RA 《-》

Comorbid Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders Predict Lability of Negative Emotions Among Children With ADHD.

Leaberry KD ，Rosen PJ ，Fogleman ND ，Walerius DM ，Slaughter KE ... -  《-》