A Comparative Survey on Children Behavior Problems from Obsessive Compulsive and Healthy Mothers
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background and purpose: The prevalence of behavioral problems in children with mentally ill parents is higher than children with healthy parents. This study focused on the effects of mothers’ obsessive-compulsive disorder on children’s behaviors. Materials and methods: In this case control study, 50 children aged 6-11 years from obsessivecompulsive mothers referred to Bandar Abbas psychiatric centre were compared with 50 children with mentally healthy mothers at the same age based on Achenbach child behavior questionnaire. Results: Somatic complaints, anxiety and depression, social problems, externalization and internalization scores, were meaningfully higher in case group. No significant differences in isolation, attention problems, thought problems, antisocial behaviors were seen in either group. Conclusion: behavioral problems in children from obsessive-compulsive mothers are more common, compared with children from healthy mothers. Child psychological counseling and psychiatric management are required along with mothers’ treatment.
Authors: Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, Mahshid Ahmadi
Institution: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Topic: Family Support in Illness
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2136451066