The Role of Parental Temperament Traits in Disruptive Behavioral Disorders of Children with ADHD

A. Bilgic; S. Yilmaz; O. Ozcan; A.E. Tufan; S. Ozmen; D. Oztop; O.F. Akça; S. Turkoglu; A. Yar

doi:10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30332-1

The Role of Parental Temperament Traits in Disruptive Behavioral Disorders of Children with ADHD

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2020

A. Bilgic ,

S. Yilmaz ,

O. Ozcan ,

A.E. Tufan ,

S. Ozmen ,

D. Oztop ,

O.F. Akça ,

S. Turkoglu and

A. Yar

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A. Bilgic: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Meram School of Medicine Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
S. Yilmaz: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Meram School of Medicine Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
O. Ozcan: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
A.E. Tufan: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
S. Ozmen: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
D. Oztop: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
O.F. Akça: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Meram School of Medicine Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
S. Turkoglu: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
A. Yar: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey

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Abstract

Abstract

Introduction

No study up to now investigated the role of parental temperament traits in disruptive behavioral disorders (DBD) of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Objectives

To determine the relationships between parent temperament characteristics and child DBD symptoms in children with ADHD.

Methods

The sample consisted of 542 treatment naïve children with ADHD aged 6-17 years. All children had to be living with both biological mothers and fathers. The severity of ADHD and comorbid DBD were assessed via parent and teacher rated Turgay DSM-IV-Based Child and Adolescent Behavioral Disorders Screening and Rating Scale. Temperamental dimensions of mothers and fathers were measured by TEMPS-A. The association between parental ADHD and DBD was evaluated with two separate structural equation models.

Results

Relationships of parent ADHD and DBD symptoms were presented in Figures 1 and 2.

Discussion

This study showed a significant relationship between maternal depressive and paternal cyclothymic affective temperament and conduct disorder, and between maternal anxious and irritable, and paternal cyclothymic affective temperament and oppositional defiant disorder in children with ADHD. This study highlights that children with more severe behavioural symptoms are more likely to have a parent with certain temperament traits.