Indirect and Conditional Associations Between ADHD and Risky Internet Use in Elementary School Children With Parent-child Conflict and Maternal Childhood Trauma

Prior work links Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with risky internet use (RIU), yet the family and intergenerational processes that might underlie this association remain uncertain. This study examined whether the ADHD-RIU association was statistically accounted for by parent-child conflict and whether maternal childhood trauma moderated these associations. The sample comprised 120 children aged 6-12 years (58% boys, M = 8.73, SD = 1.80), including 60 with a first-time ADHD…

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