Abstract
Internalizing disorders are commonly comorbid with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and pose significant risk to emotional adjustment in ADHD youth. Findings suggest interpersonal and affective/behavioral factors contribute to internalizing outcomes, but little is known about the influence of adolescent perceptions of parental behavior on depressive and anxious symptoms in this population. The present study examined the predictive power of ADHD symptom domains, oppositional defiant symptoms, peer relations, and adolescent perceptions of parental behavior in a symptomatically diverse sample of adolescents. This study also expanded on existing work by evaluating differences in explanatory factors across informants. Results revealed parent-adolescent discrepancies in conceptualizing adolescent internalizing, with parents identifying social, attentional, and externalizing factors as the most substantive influence and adolescent reports implicating critical/directive parenting behaviors. Present findings underscore the psychological impact of experiencing negative parenting behaviors and provide support for continued exploration of cross-informant differences in evaluating internalizing symptoms.