Moderated mediation analysis for symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder with the symptoms of anxiety in children

• Published in: Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 768 - 773
• Main Authors: Liu, Jian-Bo, Xue, Zhen-Peng, Lin, Ling, Xu, Jian-Chang, Sun, Yu-Meng, Lu, Jian-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: 01.07.2020
• ISSN: 1008-8830

OBJECTIVETo study the moderated mediation for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with the symptoms of anxiety in children. METHODSA total of 12 271 students were included with an average age of 8.9±1.9 years, including 6 743 male students and 5 508 female students, and 20 students with missing data on gender. Child psychological trauma questionnaires (parents version) and Conners questionnaires (parent version) were completed by the parents of primary school students. The data was studied by univariate analysis, multivariate analysis and moderated mediation analysis. RESULTSThe results of the univariate analysis showed that in all subjects, boys, and girls, the scores of hyperactivity index and childhood trauma were positively correlated with the score of anxiety (P<0.01), and ADHD and childhood trauma positively predicted anxiety disorder (P<0.001). The results of the multivariate analysis showed that in all subjects, boys, and girls, the scores of hyperactivity index (ADHD symptoms) and childho