Department of Psychiatry, Seoul Metropolitan Eunpyong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Psychiatry Investig. 2008 Dec;5(4):228-31. doi: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.4.228. Epub 2008 Dec 31.
The current study investigated the personality characteristics of mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).
Fifty mothers (average age of 38.1+/-4.2 years) of children with ADHD not having comorbidity (37 boys, 13 girls; average age of 8.5+/-1.9 years) and 59 mothers (average age of 38.1+/-2.7 years) of comparison children (37 boys, 13 girls; average age of 8.1+/-1.5 years) completed the Korean version of the MMPI. Only mothers whose psychiatric health was verified by the Structured Clinical Interview for axis-I DSM-IV disorders (SCID-IV) were included in current study.
After controlling for maternal age, maternal education level, children's gender, age, and total and verbal intelligence quotient (IQ), the MMPI scores of the mothers of children with ADHD were significantly higher on the depression (D), hysteria (Hy) and psychasthenia (Pt) scales than those of the mothers of children in the comparison group.
These results suggested that even psychologically healthy mothers of children with ADHD alone might be depressed, histrionic and anxious.
本研究使用明尼苏达多相人格测验（MMPI）探讨了注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）儿童母亲的人格特征。
50 名 ADHD 儿童（无共病）母亲（平均年龄 38.1±4.2 岁，37 名男孩，13 名女孩；平均年龄 8.5±1.9 岁）和 59 名对照儿童（平均年龄 38.1±2.7 岁，37 名男孩，13 名女孩；平均年龄 8.1±1.5 岁）的母亲完成了 MMPI 的韩语版本。只有通过轴 I DSM-IV 障碍结构临床访谈（SCID-IV）验证了母亲精神健康的母亲才包括在本研究中。
在控制了母亲年龄、母亲教育水平、儿童性别、年龄以及总智商和言语智商后，ADHD 儿童母亲的 MMPI 评分在抑郁（D）、癔症（Hy）和精神衰弱（Pt）量表上明显高于对照组母亲。
这些结果表明，即使是 ADHD 儿童心理健康的母亲，也可能会感到抑郁、歇斯底里和焦虑。
