Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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Parents' Rearing Attitude of Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Depressive Disorder

주의력결핍 과잉행동장애와 우울장애 아동 집단의 부모 양육태도

  • Kim, So-Yeon (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Hwang, Jun-Won (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Boong-Nyun (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Soo-Churl (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Min-Sup (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 김소연 (서울대학교 소아정신과) ;
  • 황준원 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실(소아청소년분과)) ;
  • 김붕년 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실(소아청소년분과)) ;
  • 조수철 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실(소아청소년분과)) ;
  • 신민섭 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실(소아청소년분과))
  • Published : 2008.10.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the mothers' rearing attitude of ADHD children and that of children with depressive disorder. Methods: The participant consisted of 58 school-aged children diagnosed as ADHD, 14 children diagnosed as depressive disorder based on DSM-IV criteria. Normal control group consisted of 34 school-aged children who are free of any diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire, Parenting Style Questionnaire, Children's Depression Inventory, Marital Satisfaction Scale, Beck's Depression Inventory were administered to all children and their mothers. Results: The parents of ADHD children showed more aggressive/hostile, neglecting/indifferent and less warm/affectionate parenting styles to their children than those of the depression and control groups. The depressive group perceived their parents as more rejecting than the control groups. Conclusion: The externalizing symptoms of ADHD might provoke parental distress and make it difficult for the parents to show positive rearing attitude toward their children. The depressive children might be more sensitive and perceptive to the negative sign of their parents' rearing attitude.

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