Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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The Relationship between Object Relations and Parenting Behavior of Mothers of ADHD Children

주의력결핍 과잉행동장애 아동 어머니의 대상관계와 부모양육행동

  • Son, A-Young (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital) ;
  • Park, Eun-Jin (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Dae-Hwan (Seoul I Clinic) ;
  • Choi, Young-Min (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Seog (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital)
  • 손아영 (인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 박은진 (인제대학교 의과대학 일산백병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 이대환 (서울아이클리닉) ;
  • 최영민 (인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 김봉석 (인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2011.06.03
  • Accepted : 2011.07.28
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives : This study was conducted to compare the object relations and parenting behavior of the mothers of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with that of the mothers with normal children. Methods : In this study, we studied 64 mothers of children who were diagnosed with ADHD and 90 mothers of normal children. The mothers completed the Bell Object Relations Inventory (BORI), the Parenting Behavior Inventory (PBI), the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and the Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC) scale. Results : As compared with the mothers of normal children, the mothers of children with ADHD showed significantly different results for the parenting stress and parenting efficacy. For parenting behavior, the mothers of children with ADHD perceived their mothering as being more neglectful. On the other hand, the mothers of the normal control group perceived their mothering as being more affectionate and the fathers as being more reasonable and monitoring. Conclusion : This study suggests there is a significant difference of object relation between the mothers of children with ADHD and the mothers with normal children. The object relation pathology of the mothers of children with ADHD might contribute to impaired parenting behavior. The result of the present study indicate that inadequate grandparental rearing behavior affects the insecure object relation of their child (the mother), and a mother's insecure object relation affects their parental stress and parenting efficacy.

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