Maj M, Del Vecchio M, Tata M R, Guizzaro A, Bravaccio F, Kemali D
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, First Medical School, University of Naples, Italy.
Psychopathology. 1987;20(3-4):196-202. doi: 10.1159/000284499.
Memories of parental rearing behaviour were assessed by the EMBU in 61 epileptics and 151 healthy controls. The occurrence of the first crisis during the childhood was an inclusion criterion for patients. Epileptics, as compared with controls, rated their fathers and mothers as less stimulating, their fathers as less performance oriented and affectionate, and their mothers as more tolerant. Moreover, the score on the subscale 'favouring subject' for both fathers and mothers was higher in epileptics. As patients with and without interictal psychopathological features were compared, the scores on the subscales 'overprotective' and 'favouring subject' for mothers and 'abusive' and 'depriving' for fathers were higher in the former subgroup, whereas that on the subscale 'performance oriented' for fathers was higher in the latter. No significant difference was observed among patients suffering from the various subtypes of epilepsy. These results are consistent with the idea that parents of epileptics tend to encourage passivity in their children, have low expectations as regards their ability to operate effectively, and treat them in a more indulgent way because of their disability. Furthermore, they are in line with the reported association between maternal overprotectiveness and problem behaviour in epileptics.
通过父母养育方式评价量表（EMBU）对61名癫痫患者和151名健康对照者的父母养育行为记忆进行了评估。童年期首次发作的情况是患者的纳入标准。与对照组相比，癫痫患者认为他们的父亲和母亲给予的激励较少，认为父亲较少注重表现且缺乏温情，认为母亲更宽容。此外，癫痫患者在父亲和母亲“偏爱被试者”分量表上的得分更高。在比较有和没有发作间期精神病理学特征的患者时，在前一亚组中，母亲“过度保护”和“偏爱被试者”分量表以及父亲“虐待”和“剥夺”分量表上的得分更高，而在后一亚组中，父亲“注重表现”分量表上的得分更高。在患有不同癫痫亚型的患者之间未观察到显著差异。这些结果与以下观点一致，即癫痫患者的父母倾向于鼓励孩子消极被动，对其有效行动能力期望较低，并因其残疾而以更纵容的方式对待他们。此外，这些结果与所报道的母亲过度保护与癫痫患者问题行为之间的关联相符。
