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- Title
注意欠如・多動症児の母親におけるマターナル・アタッチメントの特徴
- Authors
眞野 祥子; 宇野 宏幸; 堀内 史枝; 西本 佳世子; 髙宮 静男
- Abstract
This study was designed to clarify the characteristics of maternal attachment (MA) in mothers of children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The subjects of the study were 115 mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD and 115 mothers of typically developing children attending regular school classes. A questionnaire on MA was devised, and subjects were asked to rate actual and ideal MA using the same items. Factor analysis on the items regarding actual MA for the ADHD group revealed three factors: affection for the child (affection), understanding of the child (understanding), and warm attitude towards the child (attitude). Intra- and inter-group analyses of the three-factor scores for actual and ideal MA showed significantly higher nearly perfect scores for ideal MA in both groups, while the actual MA score was significantly lower in mothers of children with ADHD. Next, actual MA values were subtracted from the ideal MA values for each of the subjects to determine disparity between scores. A two-way analysis of variance was then performed with groups and factors as the parameters. As a result, score difference for the ADHD group was found to be significantly greater than that of the control group, but no main effect was observed between factors. As there were significant interactions, multiple comparisons were performed between factors for each group. In the control group, the score difference was significantly greater for understanding and attitude than for affection. In contrast, score difference in the ADHD group was smaller for understanding than for affection and attitude. These findings suggest that while mothers of children with ADHD have an understanding of their child as well as the disorder and wish to interact with their child in a warm and positive manner, they are also aware of their struggle in making this a reality.
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018, Vol 59, Issue 5, p614
- ISSN
0289-0968
- Publication type
Article