Young Children’s Callous-Unemotional Traits Mediate the Relationship between Maternal Negative Affectivity and Child Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The current study investigates the relationship among maternal negative affectivity (NA), child ADHD, and child Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits. Multi-level modeling and bootstrapping methods were employed. Although the direct effect of maternal NA on child ADHD was insignificant, the maternal NA positively predicted ADHD through child CU traits.