KMID : 0605620070140040256
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Journal of Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry 2007 Volume.14 No. 4 p.256 ~ p.261
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The Effect of Maternal State Anxiety on the Children¡¯s Somatic Symptom in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Kim Gyung-Mee
Shin Dong-Won Lee Keun-mun
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Abstract
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Objectives£ºThe aim of the present study was to examine whether anxiety and depression of children and mothers were associated with the children¡¯s medically unexplained somatic symptoms in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).
Methods£º83 clinic-referred boys with ADHD and 52 boys without ADHD were included in this study. The frequency of the medically unexplained somatic symptoms, such as general-ache, headache, nausea, eye problems, skin problems, abdominal pain, vomiting was evaluated using the somatic symptom domain of the Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL). Children¡¯s anxiety and depression were evaluated using Kovacs Children¡¯s Depression Inventory(CDI) and Spielberger¡¯s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) for children. Maternal anxiety and depression were measured by Spielberger¡¯s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) and Beck¡¯s Depression Inventory(BDI). Stepwise linear regression analysis was used to examine the hypothesis.
Results£ºScore of maternal state anxiety affects the T score of the somatic symptom domain in CBCL significantly(adjusted R2=0.057£»p=0.026).
Conclusion£ºThe frequency of medically unexplained somatic symptom of children perceived by mothers was associated with the high level of maternal state anxiety in ADHD. Frequent maternal report of the children¡¯s somatic symptom may be a warrant for the evaluation and management of the maternal state anxiety in ADHD.
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KEYWORD
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Somatic symptom, Maternal state anxiety.
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