| Objective To investigate the effect of parenting styles on children with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) with and without oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Methods From Jan 2015 to Dec 2016, 124 cases of children with symptoms of ADHD in Anhui Mental Health Center were collected as the study objectives and divided into the simply ADHD group (n=82) and the ADHD with ODD group (n=42) according to their complications with or without ODD. According to the stratified sampling, 110 healthy children in a primary school of Hefei were selected as the control group. Parenting styles of them were assessed by Egna Minnen Barndoms Uppfostran(EMBU). Results There was significant difference among three groups in the father's factor Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅴ and mother's factor Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ of the EMBU(F=32.096, 11.195,10.467, 13.957, 7.343, 29.081, P<0.001). The father's factor Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅴ and mother's factor Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ of the EMBU scale of the ADHD group was higher than those of the controls, and the difference between two groups was significant(t=7.481,4.479,4.406,5.252,3.847,7.292, P<0.001). The father's factor Ⅱ, Ⅲ and mother's factor Ⅱ, Ⅳ of the EMBU scale of the ADHD with ODD group was higher than those of the simply ADHD group, and the difference between two groups was significant(t=2.221, P=0.028; t=2.553, P=0.012; t=2.921, P=0.004; t=3.737, P<0.001). Conclusion Children with symptoms of ADHD have extreme tendency in parenting styles. Parenting styles of excessive interference and severe punishment are the risk factors for ADHD children with ODD. |
