APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Proposing Biobehavioral Links between Paternal Activation Parenting, (Co)Regulation, and Emerging ADHD across the Transition to Kindergarten
- Julia Feldman
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Stephanie Stepp
University of Pittsburgh - Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
Ohio State University - Colin Vize
University of Pittsburgh - Heather Joseph
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Abstract
Activation parenting is a caregiving style from research on fathers that balances challenging children with limit-setting. Using a longitudinal design, the proposed project will test if paternal activation parenting in the preschool period lessens the severity of emerging ADHD symptoms in kindergarten through dyadic physiological processes underlying child inhibitory control.
