The Relationship Between Parental Affective Temperament Traits and

Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between parental affective temperaments and the oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms of children with ADHD. Method: The sample consisted of 542 treatment-naive children with ADHD and their biological parents. Children were assessed via both parent- and teacher-rated behavioral disorder scales. Parental affective temperament and ADHD symptoms were measured by self-report inventories. The relationships between psychiatric variables were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Results: According to parent-rated behavioral disorder scales, paternal cyclothymic and maternal irritable temperaments were associated with ODD scores, and maternal depressive temperament was associated with CD scores. In terms of teacher-rated behavioral disorder scales, maternal anxious temperament was associated with ODD scores, and paternal cyclothymic and maternal depressive temperaments were associated with CD scores. Conclusion: These results suggest that certain parental affective temperaments are related to an increase in symptoms of disruptive behavioral disorders in children with ADHD.

C1 [Bilgic, Ayhan; Yilmaz, Savas; Akca, Omer Faruk] Necmettin Erbakan Univ, Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Konya, Turkey.

[Ozcan, Ozlem] Inonu Univ, Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Malatya, Turkey.

[Tufan, Ali Evren] Abant Izzet Baysal Univ, Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Bolu, Turkey.

[Ozmen, Sevgi] Erciyes Univ, Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Kayseri, Turkey.

[Oztop, Didem] Erciyes Univ, Kayseri, Turkey.

[Turkoglu, Serhat] Selcuk Univ, Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Konya, Turkey.

[Yar, Ahmet] Konya Educ & Res Hosp, Konya, Turkey.