Mother’s which psychiatric symptoms are related to preschool child’s emotional and behavioral problems?

2017-01-02T19-12-35Z
Source: Düşünen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
Selma Tural Hesapçıoğlu, Mehmet Fatih Ceylan, Betül Erdoğan, Gözde Kandemir, Esra Çöp.
Objective: In this study, it is aimed to explore mothers which psychiatric symptoms are related to childs internalizing and externalizing problems. Method: The study group consisted of the mothers of the 4-6 year old children, who were referred to Yıldırım Beyazıt University Yenimahalle Education and Research Hospital, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic. The control group was consisted of the 4-6 year old children and their mothers who have never referred to a child and adolescent psychiatry clinic. The mothers fulfilled Child Behavior Check List 4-18 (CBCL), and Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90). The data compared with the control groups. Results: The study and control group matched according to children age, 61 study and 55 control children formed the sample. The most common referral complains was delayed speech (34.4%). There were clinically significant internalizing disorders in 29 (49.2%) children from study group and 5 (9.4%) from the control group and significant externalizing disorders in 18 (30.5%) children from study group and 3 (5.7%9 from the control group. All types of emotional and behavioral problem scores of the children significantly positively correlated with the mothers all psychiatric symptom scores. The mothers of the children, who have clinically significant internalizing and externalizing problems, had significantly higher psychiatric symptom scores. Conclusion: Mothers all psychiatrics symptoms are seem related with the childrens internalizing and externalizing symptoms independent from psychiatric diagnosis. All psychiatric symptoms in mothers have reciprocation in her child and the clinician should be aware of this fact.


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