Yonsei Med J.  2008 Aug;49(4):573-580. 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.573.

Maternal Depression Predicts Maternal Use of Corporal Punishment in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Shin DW
• Stein MA

• KMID: 1793192
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.573

Abstract

PURPOSE
We sought to determine if maternal depression contributed to the use of corporal punishment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). PATIENTS and METHODS: The data were gathered through chart review of clinic-referred children with ADHD and their mothers who were evaluated at a psychiatric clinic located in a large academic medical center in Seoul, Korea. Daily records kept by parents and 13 items from the Physical Assault of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (CTSPC) were used to assess corporal punishment. Ninety-one children with ADHD and their mothers were included in this study. RESULTS: Mothers who used corporal punishment showed significantly higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (t = -2.952, df = 89, p < 0.01) than mothers who did not. Moreover, maternal depression contributed to the use of corporal punishment in ADHD children (Nagelkerke R(2) = 0.102, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Maternal depression contributes to the use of corporal punishment with children with ADHD. Assessment and management of the maternal depression should be an important focus of evaluation of children with ADHD.

Keyword

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; maternal depression; corporal punishment

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/epidemiology/*psychology
Child
Child, Preschool
Depression/*epidemiology/*psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Mothers/*psychology
*Punishment/psychology

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