Impact of Parental Emotion Regulation on the Treatment of ADHD

Aim: To examine if parental emotion regulation (ER) moderates the response to parent training interventions. H1: Reduced parental ER capacity will predict diminished efficacy for behavioral parent training to improve negative parenting behavior (NPB) and behavior problems in offspring with ADHD. H2: Increased parental emotional reactivity will predict diminished efficacy for behavioral parent training to improve negative parenting behavior (NPB) and behavior problems in offspring with ADHD.

Inclusion Criteria: * Parent of a child ages 5-12 with ADHD * Parent must report that the child has at least a mild level of symptoms at home of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) on the Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBDRS) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Not being the parent of a child ages 5-12 who meets diagnostic criteria for ADHD. 2. Non English Speaking 3. the child with ADHD has a diagnosis of intellectual delay or has prominent autistic traits 4. Another child in the same family participating in this study already 5. Parent does not have a smartphone or tablet device to complete EMA ratings or does not reside with child for the majority of the time.