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作者
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Lee, P-C., Lin, K-C., Robson, D., Yang, H-J., Chen, V. C. H., & Niew, W-I.*
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關鍵字
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Children, Attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, Mother, Depression, Parent–child interaction
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摘要
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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a
developmental disorder that may have a chronic and pervasive impact on the
child’s function and cause long-term stress to parents. A higher rate of
depression is associated with mothers of children with ADHD. This
observational study aimed to investigate the effect of maternal depression
and the child’s ADHD on the quality of the parent-child interaction in
children with ADHD and their mothers with depression. The study participants
were 39 mother-son dyads for
data analysis, including children with ADHD and mothers with depression,
children with ADHD and mothers without depression, and children without ADHD
and mothers without depression. The Specific Affect Coding System, 20-code
version was used to code interactional affect, including positive engagement,
negative engagement, negative disengagement, and neural affect. There were no
statistically significant group-by-context
interaction effects or group effects on all affective variables between the group of children with ADHD and mothers without depression and the group
of children without ADHD and mothers without
depression. Stimulant medication may account for these nonsignificant
findings. No significant difference of positive affect between neutral and conflict-solving
contexts was observed in depressed mothers whose children were diagnosed as ADHD. Children with ADHD whose mothers
were depressed were less positive in their parent-child interaction compared
with children in the other groups. Maternal depression may play an important
role in the affective presentation of dyads of children with ADHD and mothers
with depression. Implications for clinical practice and future research are
provided.
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