Table 4. Correlation of parental report of the severity of child’s symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and child’s self-report of anxiety, and depression with severity of parent’s selfreport of ADHD symptoms, anxiety, and depression in 94 children with ADHD and their parentsa, b
| factor | ADHD symptoms of parents r(p) |
anxiety symptoms of parents r(p) |
depressive symptoms of parents r(p) |
ADHD symptoms of children r(p) |
anxiety symptoms of children r(p) |
|
a For parents, the severity of ADHD symptoms is the total score of the ADHD Adult Self Report Scale (ASRS)[25]; the severity of anxiety
symptoms is the combined total score of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adult -State-Anxiety scale(STAI-AD-SAI)[26] and the State-
Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adult-Trait-Anxiety scale (STAI-AD-TAI)[26]; and the severity of depressive symptoms is the total score of
the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)[27]. For children, the severity of ADHD symptoms is the total score of the parent version of the
Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Teacher and Parent Rating Scale (SNAP-IV)[18]; the severity of anxiety symptoms is the total score of the
self-completion Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)[21]; and the severity of depressive symptoms is the total
score on the Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC)[22] b The results when using rank (Spearman) correlation coefficients are very similar to the results presented in this table based on Pearson correlation coefficients. | |||||
| anxiety symptoms of parents |
0.27 (0.325) | 1 | |||
| depressive symptoms of parents |
0.24 (0.273) | 0.70 (< 0.001) | 1 | ||
| ADHD symptoms of children |
0.35 (0.342) | 0.32 (0.325) | 0.25 (0.287) | 1 | |
| anxiety symptoms of children |
0.30 (0.322) | 0.58 (< 0.001) | 0.26 (0.293) | 0.36 (0.472) | 1 |
| depressive symptoms of children |
0.29 (0.304) | 0.45 (0.001) | 0.59 (0.030) | 0.38 (0.353) | 0.22 (0.292) |