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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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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

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