پژوهشي مقايسه اي ، در خصوص شدت و فراواني علايم و نشانه هاي اختلالهاي هيجاني و رفتاري در كودكان و نوجوانان مادران مبتلا به اختلال وسواس جبري

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN OF OBSESSIVE - COMPULSIVE MOTHERS AND HEALTHY MOTHERS

Background and Objectives: Considering interacting effects of genetics and environment in etiology of mental disorders it is supposed that emotional and behavioral symptoms in children of obsessive - compulsive mothers are more frequent than other children. The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of emotional and behavioral disorder s signs and symptoms in children and adolescents of obsessive - compulsive mothers and healthy mothers. In this study we were interested to know if childrenʹs rearing style and particularly the obsessive - compulsive traits of their mothers are effective in their mental health or not. Materials and Methods: Considering this hypothesis, 100 mothers with obsessive - compulsive disorder were selected randomly, and a checklist of emotional and behavioral symptoms in their 5 to 18 year old children was completed. A similar checklist was completed for children of 100 healthy mothers. The results obtained from the checklists were compared in two groups. Results: We used T - test, and found that average rate of emotional symptoms in children of obsessive - compulsive mothersʹ is significantly higher than other children (P<0.01). Likewise, comparison of average rate of behavioral symptoms in two groups with the use of T- test indicated that behavioral symptoms in children of obsessive - compulsive mothers is significantly higher than the other group of children (P<0.05). Conclusion: We concluded that although there is not any causal relationship between mother s obsessive - compulsive disorder and emotional -. behavioral disorder of their children, findings suggest that children of these mothers are move vulnerable to emotional - behavioral disturbances than other children.