Study on the correlation between psychological health and marital quality of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children&apos;s parents

XUE Zhang; LIN Min

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (9) : 913-915.

Study on the correlation between psychological health and marital quality of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children's parents

XUE Zhang¹,LIN Min²

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Objective To discusses the relations between the psychological health and marital quality status of the parents whose children suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 【Method】 The evaluation was based on SCL-90 as well as the questionnaire of Chinese marital quality which includes 50 cases of parents whose children suffer from ADHD and 50 cases of parents whose children were normal.Results Scores of SCL-90 in parents whose children suffer from ADHD were noticeably higher than those parents with normal children.Whereas in terms of questionnaire of the Chinese marital quality,scores of the former were remarkably lower than the latter.A negative correlation was existed between the total scores and part dimension of psychological health and marital quality status of the parents whose children suffer from ADHD. Conclusion The total scores of psychological health and marital quality status of parents whose children suffer from ADHD is remarkably lower than the normal parents.

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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / parents / mental health / marital quality

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XUE Zhang,LIN Min. Study on the correlation between psychological health and marital quality of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children's parents[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2013, 21(9): 913-915

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