소아 우울과 부모의 양육 태도

Abstract

Purpose: Parental rearing behaviors influence on children's emotional stability and cognitive development. To evaluate the relationship between perceived parenting behaviors and depressive scores, 4-6th grade (10-12 years old) children were evaluated with self-reported questionnaires. Methods: Depression was evaluated with Children's Depression Inventory (CDI, Kovacs), and parenting behavior was evaluated with modified version of the Egna Minnen Beträffende Uppfostran for Children (Modified EMBU-C) in elementary school students (10-12 years old, 4-6th grade, n=357). Familial demographic characteristics (family structure, parental education level) were included in this questionnaires. Results: The mean scores of children's depression inventory (CDI) were 12.6±7.65. Among the subjects, 47 (13.2%) children turned out to be included in the depression group and the rest of them, 310 (86.8%) were remained as the normal group. CDI scores were significantly different in children's grades (p=0.002). There were significant differences in children's grades (p=0.031) and maternal education level (p=0.017) between depression group and normal group. The children of depression group perceived parental rearing behavior as more rejective and less emotionally warm. Also, CDI scores showed a significant positive correlation in the cases where children answered their perceived parental rearing behavior as a rejection and showed a significant negative correlation with a parental emotional warmth together with a paternal overprotection. Conclusions: The results supports that the children's depression is closely connected with their perceived parenting behavior. High levels of rejection and low levels of emotional warmth seems to related with higher levels of depression in children.