DESCRIPTION OF MOTHERS WITH ADHD WITH CHILDREN WITH ADHD

PILOT data demonstrating the personality traits and background variabl es of ADHD mothers with children with ADHD are presented. Three subjec t groups are compared: mothers with ADHD, with ADHD children; mother w ithout ADHD, with ADHD children; and mothers without ADHD, without ADH D children. Significant differences are observed on the Wender Utah Sc ale for attention deficit disorder, levels of neuroticism and conscien tiousness on the NEO-Five Factor Inventory are significantly higher in mothers with ADHD. In addition, neuropsychiatric disorders, alcoholis m in the family of origin, and atypical sexual events are reported at a significantly higher rate in the mothers with ADHD, with ADHD childr en. The implications of group differences are discussed.