Relation of parental attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendencyand mental health of university students : Links with Intergenerational Transmission and Parent-child Relationship

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation of parental attention-deficit/ hyperactivity tendency and mental health of university students, as mediated by attention-deficit/ hyperactivity tendency of university students and parent-child relationship. Questionnaires were completed by 448 university students, and 348 data were analyzed. They were asked to answer questions regarding attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendency of their mother, father, and themselves. They also rated parent-child relationship and their mental health. The results of path analysis indicated that the association of parental attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendency and mental health of students were mediated by attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendency of university students. In addition, the relation of parental attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendency and mental health of university students were mediated by both positive and negative aspects of parent-child relationship. In mother’s model, not only maternal attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendency but students’ attention-deficit/hyperactivity tendency related to negative aspects of mother-child relationship