Parental attachment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2011.10.011
- VernacularTitle:注意缺陷多动障碍患儿父母的依恋特征
- Author:
Mingchun WANG
;
Yixin CHEN
;
Tunong CHEN
;
Shasha LI
;
Mingxin ZHAN
;
Yuqiong ZHANG
;
Kangkang CHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;
Parents;
Attachment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2011;20(10):896-898
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the features of parental attachment in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).Methods Experience in Close Relationship Scale Revised(ECR-R),Relationship Questionnaire(RQ) and Homemade General Situation Table was conducted among 164 parents of ADHD and 328 parents of normal children.Results The attachment repretation in fathers of children with ADHD showed that autonomous(43.9% ) was lower than those of the control group (52.4%),dismissing type (41.5% ) was higher than the normal group (34.1%),preoccupied( 12.2% ) was higher than those in the control group (8.0%),unresolved type (2.4%) was lower than those of the control group (5.5%),the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05 ).The attachment repretation in mothers of children with ADHD showed that autonomous (40.2%) was lower than those of the control group (50.0%),dismissing type (30.5%) belowed the normal group (32.3%),preoccupied type ( 20.7% ) higher than those in the control group ( 10.4% ),unresolved type (8.5%) higher than those in the control group (7.3%),the difference was not statistically significant (P >0.05).Two groups had no statistical differences in paternal attachment anxiety,paternal attachment avoidance、maternal attachment anxiety and maternal attachment avoidance dimensions ( ( 3.44 + 0.97 ) vs ( 3.37 + 0.82 ),(3.70+0.57)vs(3.72 +0.57),(3.37+0.87) vs(3.36 +0.83),(3.74+0.68)vs(3.64±0.59),allP>0.05).Conclusion There is no significant differences in the features of parental attachment between children with ADHD and normal children.