Peasgood, T., Bhardwaj, A., Biggs, K., Brazier, J. E., Coghill, D., Cooper, C. L., Daley, D., De Silva, C., Harpin, V., Hodgkins, P., Nadkarni, A., Setyawan, J., & Sonuga-Barke, E. J. (2016). The impact of ADHD on the health and well-being of ADHD children and their siblings. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 25(11), 1217–1231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-016-0841-6

he impact of ADHD on the health and well-being of ADHD children and their siblings

Mikami, A. Y., & Pfiffner, L. J. (2008). Sibling Relationships Among Children With ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11(4), 482–492. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054706295670

Sibling Relationships Among Children With ADHD

The rate of sibling conflict increases when one sibling has ADHD, with the ADHD sibling’s hyperactivity and impulsivity leading to the increase. The siblings of ADHD children are at a higher risk for emotional and behavioral problems; they tend to be less happy than those without ADHD siblings as well.

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ADHD and Familial Relationships

Miller, M., Musser, E. D., Young, G. S., Olson, B., Steiner, R. D., & Nigg, J. T. (2019). Sibling Recurrence Risk and Cross-aggregation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. JAMA pediatrics, 173(2), 147–152. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4076

Sibling Recurrence Risk and Cross-aggregation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Parents and ADHD

ADHD and Sibling Relationships

Studies found that the presence of a child with ADHD results in increased parent stress, reduced parent efficacy, disrupted parent-child relationships, and family functioning. When having an episode of a bipolar disorder or ADHD, it can lead to the family observing the mood swings and activity level changes that might seem abnormal. An individual with a bipolar disorder might do things out of the norm such as spending drastic amounts of money when shopping or having racing thoughts that leads to distractibility. An individual with ADHD might be distracted easily, poor organizational skills, being impulsive, and inattention. Both of these conditions can affect a family member such as sharing a room with a sibling who is well organized, but the individual is disorganized. This would be the cause of racing thoughts, inattention, poor organizational skills and hyperactivity which can make it difficult for the individual to maintain their usual organization.

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