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.

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儿童心理健康和成人家庭关系：多动症如何影响亲密工会和父母的经历

儿童注意力集中不足/多动症（ADHD）被越来越多地认为是可以在整个生命过程中持续的慢性疾病，它与稳定的家庭形成以及在亲密的婚姻（约会，同居和婚姻）和父母周围增加的压力有关。本文回顾和评估关于儿童多动症，亲密关系和父母身份的多学科研究，目的是激发该领域的未来社会学研究。本文分为三个大体部分。首先，我概述了有关多动症的信息，包括其诊断和治疗，跨学科病因学以及社会人口统计学相关性。接下来，我将社会学的观点与标签和污名，社会压力，以及在人生过程中要考虑与ADHD相关的污名在塑造儿童ADHD与成年期的家庭形成过程（亲密关系和父母身份）和家庭功能（关系质量和沟通）的关联中的作用。最后，我讨论了有关儿童多动症和成人家庭关系的未来社会学研究的机会，这些机会有可能促进有关儿童多动症和成人家庭关系的实证研究以及家庭和健康交汇处的社会学研究。