The role of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor genotype and parenting in early life in predicting externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Table 5 Associations between a mother’s positive feeling about caring for her baby and the depression/anxiety scores by BDNF genotype in children with ADHD

	BDNF Val/Val			BDNF Met/Val or Met/Met
	B(95% CI)	f²	p	B(95% CI)	f²	p
Positive feeling about caring for the baby	−0.25(−1.55, 1.06)	0.02	0.676	−0.59(−1.15, −0.04)	0.80	0.035
Spend time teaching the baby	−1.17(−4.22, 1.88)	0.04	0.401	0.07(−0.89, 1.04)	0.00	0.877
Parenting style: baby is dominant	−1.17(−5.16, 2.81)	0.03	0.516	0.39(−0.97, 1.74)	0.04	0.567
Authoritarian parenting style: degree of autonomy allowed	−1.38(−4.52, 1.76)	0.08	0.340	−0.26(−1.73, 1.20)	0.01	0.718

Associations (B coefficients) are with 1-unit increase in parenting variable scores.
In the linear regression analyses, all parenting variables were concurrently entered, along with child’s sex, age, maternal education level, and family’s gross annual income.
Abbreviations: BDNF, drain-derived neurotrophic factor; ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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