Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often comorbid with anxiety disorders in children. Both ADHD and anxiety in childhood has been linked to overprotective parenting styles. In the current study we examine a model wherein early ADHD symptoms predict overprotective parenting, which in turn predicts anxiety symptoms later in childhood. In Study 1 we utilize cross-sectional data in 102 child/parent dyads between the ages of 5 and 7 years old and Study 2 extends these findings by examining this same mediation model longitudinally in 376 child/parent dyads who were assessed when children were 3, 6, and 9 years old. Results from both studies supported a mediation model wherein the relationship between child ADHD symptoms and child anxiety symptoms was mediated by parental overprotection. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to examine overprotective parenting as a mechanism underlying the heterotypic continuity or sequential comorbidity of ADHD to anxiety symptoms.

注意力缺陷/多动障碍 (ADHD) 通常与儿童的焦虑症共病。儿童多动症和焦虑都与过度保护的养育方式有关。在目前的研究中，我们检查了一个模型，其中早期 ADHD 症状预测过度保护的养育，这反过来又预测儿童后期的焦虑症状。在研究 1 中，我们使用了 102 个 5 至 7 岁的儿童/父母对的横断面数据，研究 2 通过纵向检查 376 个儿童/父母对的相同中介模型来扩展这些发现，这些模型在儿童 3 岁时进行评估、6 岁和 9 岁。这两项研究的结果都支持一个中介模型，其中儿童 ADHD 症状和儿童焦虑症状之间的关系是由父母过度保护所介导的。这是第一项研究，据我们所知，