Agreement between parents and children's report of self-rating scale of systemic family dynamics in China / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore agreement between parent-child report of self-rating scale of systemic family dynamics (SSFD),as well as factors that may influence the agreement.Methods SSFD was used to investigate the agreement between parent and child reports on family dynamics in a sample of 639 Chinese children aged 10 to 18 years from Mainland China,and possible influence factors.Results The results showed that there was significant difference between parent-child report of SSFD.The parents had significant lower score than their children at atmosphere,individuation and disease conception and had higher score at system logic (all P＜0.01).But the two still had significant positive correlation (correlations ranging from 0.15 to 0.38),indicating a low to moderate agreement between them(r=-0.15-0.38,all P＜0.01).The age factor was related to parent-children agreement on SSFD.Parent-child agreement was highest for family atmosphere,followed by individuation,system logic and disease conception.The age factor was related to parent-child agreement on SSFD.Conclusions Both parents' and children's reports of SSFD can be used to assess family dynamics,however,attention should be payed to the affection of parent-child report's difference and age factor to the results.

Family dynamic characteristics of adolescents with emotional disorder / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To investigate the family dynamic characteristics of adolescents with emotional disorder.Methods 74 adolescents with emotional disorder from Child Mental Health Research Center of Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University were chosen and compared with 148 gender- and agematched controls from schools in Nanjing.Self-rating scale of systemic family dynamics(SSFD) was used to assess the characteristics of family dynamics,and general demographic information inventory was conducted for all subjects.Results Adolescents with emotional disorder showed higher scores in family atmosphere and systemic logic than control group ( ( 30.54 ± 8.28 ) vs (23.45 ± 7.40),( 17.14 ± 4.26 ) vs ( 15.43 -± 3.86 ),all P ＜ 0.01 ).Logistic regression analysis showed that high individuation ( OR =0.903,95％ CI:0.834 ～ 0.977 ) and high disease thinking( OR =0.853,95％ CI:0.750 ～ 0.970 ) were protective factors for emotional disorder.High family atmosphere ( OR =1.167,95％ CI:1.101 ～ 1.236) was risk factor for emotional disorder.Conclusion Adolescents with emotional disorder demonstrate boring and hostile family atmosphere and Either/or family systemic logic on the family dynamic characteristics.Family atmosphere,disease thinking and individuation are associated with emotional disorder.

The relationship of one-child attachment and parental attachment / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ObjectiveTo explore the relationship of one-child attachment and parerttal attachment,as well as the effect of family income and parental education on children's attachment.Methods 350 children aged over 12 years from primary school grade 5 to high school grade 3 in Nanjing were selected in two classes each grade in cluster sampling method as research objects.These children and their parents were measured by General questionnaire,Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory( ECR ) and Adolescent Attachment Inventory.The data of the questionnaires were coded for statistical analysis-Pearson conrelation to analyze the relationship of one-child attachment and parental attachment and Analyze of variance to explore the influence of family income and parental education on children's attachment.ResultsThere was a significantly negative relation(r =-0.132,P=0.014)between one-child family negative dimension and mother avoidance dimension,and a significant correlation (r =0.131,P =0.015 ) between one-child family negative dimension and mother anxiety dimension.The interaction of family income and parental culture was significant in affinity attachment of one-child (F =3.641,4.052,P =0.006,0.003).ConclusionThis study finds that one-child is more attached to their mothers than their fathers.Family income and parental education affect the attachment of one-child.

Parental attachment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To investigate the features of parental attachment in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).Methods Experience in Close Relationship Scale Revised(ECR-R),Relationship Questionnaire(RQ) and Homemade General Situation Table was conducted among 164 parents of ADHD and 328 parents of normal children.Results The attachment repretation in fathers of children with ADHD showed that autonomous(43.9％ ) was lower than those of the control group (52.4％),dismissing type (41.5％ ) was higher than the normal group (34.1％),preoccupied( 12.2％ ) was higher than those in the control group (8.0％),unresolved type (2.4％) was lower than those of the control group (5.5％),the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05 ).The attachment repretation in mothers of children with ADHD showed that autonomous (40.2％) was lower than those of the control group (50.0％),dismissing type (30.5％) belowed the normal group (32.3％),preoccupied type ( 20.7％ ) higher than those in the control group ( 10.4％ ),unresolved type (8.5％) higher than those in the control group (7.3％),the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞0.05).Two groups had no statistical differences in paternal attachment anxiety,paternal attachment avoidance、maternal attachment anxiety and maternal attachment avoidance dimensions ( ( 3.44 + 0.97 ) vs ( 3.37 + 0.82 ),(3.70+0.57)vs(3.72 +0.57),(3.37+0.87) vs(3.36 +0.83),(3.74+0.68)vs(3.64±0.59),allP＞0.05).Conclusion There is no significant differences in the features of parental attachment between children with ADHD and normal children.

Family function and parental attachment of children with tic disorders / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To investigate the family function and features of parental attachment in children with tic disorders ,and to provide evidence for their family intervention. Methods Fifty three children with tic disorders and eighty five normal controls were investigated by family adaptability and cohesion scales, second edition, Chinese version (FACES Ⅱ-CV) and attachment security scale(Kems Security Scale). Results Actual cohesion scores,actual adaptability scores and ideal adaptability scores of the tic disorders children were all lower than those controls((66.87 12.53) vs (72. 14 11. 05) , (44. 19 9.70) vs (49.01 9.19), (52. 38 9. 10) vs (57.10 8.60), P<0.05, P<0.01); the ratio of the Disengaged type of cohesion in the tic disorders children was higher than that of normal controls(25.5% vs 5.9% , P<0.01) ;the ratio of the Rigid type of adaptability was higher than that of normal controls(55.3% vs 25.9% , P<0.01) ;the ratio of the Flexible type of adaptability was lower than that of normal controls( 12.8% vs 30.6% , P<0.05) ;the proportion of the type of extreme in the tic disorders children was higher than that of normal controls(40. 4% vs 23. 5% , P<0. 05). Father-dependence, mother-dependence, mother-intimacy, father-child attachment, mother-child attachment were all lower than those controls. In cases,positive correlation was found not only between actual cohesion scores and father-dependence, mother-dependence, mother-intimacy, father-child attachment, mother-child attachment, but also between actual adaptability scores and the above-mentioned five factors (0.291≤ r≤0.445,0. 301 ≤ r ≤0. 504). Mother-child attachment as an independent variable was separately leaded into the multiple progressively regression model for actual cohesion scores and actual adaptability scores(P<0.01). Conclusion The family function and parental attachment security of the tic disorders children were lower than the controls.