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- ItemOpen AccessKnowledge is Power: Examining the Association Between Parents’ Knowledge of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Parenting Stress, and Symptoms of Child Anxiety(2017) Glazier, Jacqueline; Mendaglio, Sal; Drefs, Michelle; Brandon, JimThis study investigated the roles of parents’ knowledge of ADHD and parenting stress on symptoms of anxiety in children with and without ADHD aged 8 to 12 years. Thirty-nine parent-child dyads from Calgary and Toronto were studied, with 21 dyads in an ADHD group and 18 dyads in a non-ADHD group. Results overall indicated no significant differences between groups in parents’ knowledge of ADHD scores; however, parenting stress was significantly higher in ADHD than in non-ADHD parents. Parenting stress was not a significant predictor of anxiety symptoms in children with ADHD, and parents’ knowledge of ADHD did not moderate this relationship. Parents’ knowledge of ADHD alone was, however, a significant predictor of anxiety symptoms in children with ADHD. Results of the current study suggest that additional research should focus on parents’ knowledge of ADHD as a possible risk factor for the development of anxiety symptoms in children with ADHD.