Childhood mental health and adult family relationships
How ADHD shapes experiences with intimate unions and parenthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912827 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhiannon A Kroeger (0000-0002-3146-6589, Louisiana State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.12865 |
| OpenAlex | W3133795075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 102 |
Increasingly recognized as a chronic condition that can endure across the life course, childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with less stable family formation and more strain around intimate unions (dating, cohabitation and marriage) and parenthood. This article reviews and evaluates multidisciplinary research on childhood ADHD, intimate unions and parenthood, with the purpose of motivating future sociological research in this area. The paper is organized into three general sections. First, I provide an overview of information on ADHD including its diagnosis and treatment, cross‐disciplinary etiologies, and sociodemographic correlates. Next, I blend sociological perspectives on labeling and stigma, social stress, and the life course to consider the role of ADHD‐related stigma in shaping associations of childhood ADHD with family formation processes (intimate unions and parenthood) and family functioning (relationship quality and communication) in adulthood. Finally, I discuss opportunities for future sociological research on childhood ADHD and adult family relationships that have the potential to contribute both to empirical research on childhood ADHD and adult family relationships, as well as to sociological research at the intersection of family and health
Cohabitation · Developmental psychology · Life course approach · Mental health · Psychiatry · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology
Medicalization
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Child mental health and human capital accumulation
Time Does Not Heal All Wounds
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents
The Prevalence and Correlates of Adult ADHD in the United States
Stigma and its public health implications
Prevalence of Parent-Reported ADHD Diagnosis and Associated Treatment Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 2016
Deviance and medicalization
The Emergence and Development of Life Course Theory
Stigma Resistance and Well-being among People in Treatment for Psychosis
The Effects of Family Transitions on Depressive Symptoms
Disentangling Mental Illness Labeling Effects from Treatment Effects on Well-Being
Social Characteristics as Predictors of ADHD Labeling across the Life Course
Precarious Childhoods
Cumulative social disadvantage and risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Population Health Inequalities
Young Adulthood Relationships in an Era of Uncertainty
Different Kinds of Lonely
Social support, social strain and inflammation
The merit of sociological accounts of disorder
The Changing Social Reality of ADHD
From Hyperactive Children to ADHD Adults
The Stigma of ADHD
Relationships between an ADHD Diagnosis and Future School Behaviors among Children with Mild Behavioral Problems
Stress Proliferation across Generations? Examining the Relationship between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Health
The Construction of Fear
Stress, Health, and the Life Course
Conceptualizing Stigma
Medicalization and Social Control
Family Matters
Serial Cohabitation in Young Adulthood
Indicators of Adolescent Depression and Relationship Progression in Emerging Adulthood
Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution
Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being
Mental Illness as a Barrier to Marriage Among Unmarried Mothers
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Severity, Diagnosis, & Later Academic Achievement In a National Sample
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |