Maternal depression predicts maternal use of corporal punishment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

We sought to determine if maternal depression contributed to the use of corporal punishment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The data were gathered through chart review of clinic-referred children with ADHD and their mothers who were evaluated at a psychiatric clinic...

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Published in:Yonsei medical journal 2008, 49(4), , pp.573-580
Main Authors: Shin, Dong-Won, Stein, Mark A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Child
Child, Preschool
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Mothers - psychology
Original
Punishment - psychology
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Summary:We sought to determine if maternal depression contributed to the use of corporal punishment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The data were gathered through chart review of clinic-referred children with ADHD and their mothers who were evaluated at a psychiatric clinic located in a large academic medical center in Seoul, Korea. Daily records kept by parents and 13 items from the Physical Assault of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (CTSPC) were used to assess corporal punishment. Ninety-one children with ADHD and their mothers were included in this study. Mothers who used corporal punishment showed significantly higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (t = -2.952, df = 89, p < 0.01) than mothers who did not. Moreover, maternal depression contributed to the use of corporal punishment in ADHD children (Nagelkerke R2 = 0.102, p < 0.05). Maternal depression contributes to the use of corporal punishment with children with ADHD. Assessment and management of the maternal depression should be an important focus of evaluation of children with ADHD.
ISSN:0513-5796
1976-2437
DOI:10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.573