Personality Profile of Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Joint Authors
Amiri, Shahrokh
Dadashzadeh, Hossein
Atapour, Ahmad
Asadian, Mahan
Abdi, Salman
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Objectives.
The present study was carried out aiming to identify the personality profile of parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Methods.
This study is of a descriptive, analytic, cross-sectional type in which parents of 6–12-year-old children with ADHD who were referred to the Bozorgmehr Psychiatric Clinic, affiliated with Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, were enrolled.
ADHD was diagnosed according to the criteria of DSM-IV-TR and a quasi-structured diagnostic interview (K-SADS-PL).
The personality profile of the parents was assessed with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III).
Results.
According to the findings of this study, the most common personality problems based on the assessment scales in the MCMI-III belonged to the clinical patterns of depressive personality in 43 persons (25.3%), histrionic personality in 34 persons (20%), and compulsive personality in 29 persons (17.1%).
According to discriminant analysis, four scales of somatoform, sadistic, dependence, and though disorder were direct and antisocial scale was reverse significant predictors of membership in the women group.
Conclusion.
According to the findings of this pilot study, personality disorders are prevalent in parents of ADHD children and mothers suffer from personality disorders more than fathers.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dadashzadeh, Hossein& Amiri, Shahrokh& Atapour, Ahmad& Abdi, Salman& Asadian, Mahan. 2014. Personality Profile of Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dadashzadeh, Hossein…[et al.]. Personality Profile of Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Dadashzadeh, Hossein& Amiri, Shahrokh& Atapour, Ahmad& Abdi, Salman& Asadian, Mahan. Personality Profile of Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048751
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1048751