[Temperamental characteristics of mothers of preschool children with separation anxiety disorder].
OBJECTIVE
It is reported that there are many risk factors for the development of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) in children and adolescents. One of the most important factors is the mother-child relationship. It is thought that the temperamental characteristics of the mother have an important role to play in the quality of this relationship. The present study aimed to determine the temperamental characteristics of mothers whose preschool children were diagnosed with separation anxiety disorder.


METHODS
The study included 60 mothers of children with separation anxiety disorder (diagnosed between 4 and 7 years of age) and 60 mothers of healthy children who were matched by sociodemographic factors with children with SAD. All cases were evaluated with a sociodemographic form, the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL) and The Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San-Diego Auto questionnaire (TEMPS-A).


RESULTS
Mean age of the children (32 female, 28 male) was 5.12+/-.0.85 years. The children with an anxiety disorder had higher behavioral problem CBCL scores than the control group. The mothers of the children with anxiety disorders had higher depressive, cyclothymic, irritabl and anxious temperament scores than the control group mothers.


CONCLUSIONS
The mothers of the children with separation anxiety disorder had higher scores on depressive, cyclothymic, irritability and anxious temperament scores than the control group mothers. We think that this study can be used to inform future community based, prospective studies.
Erermiş
Serpil
S
serpilerermis@yahoo.com
Bellibaş
Emel
E
Ozbaran
Burcu
B
Büküşoğlu
Nagehan Demiral
ND
Altintoprak
Ender
E
Bildik
Tezan
T
Cetin
Saniye Korkmaz
SK
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder / Q000150:complications; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013694:Temperament