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Parental Abuse Towards Their Children with ADHD in Iran

  • EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
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This study assesses whether or not the three different forms of child abuse, parental “Nonviolence discipline”, “psychological abuse” and “physical abuse”, are associated with ADHD symptoms. The parents of a clinical sample of 108 ADHD children and 102 mothers of school children reported their behaviors using Parent–child Conflict Tactics Scales (CTSPC). The age range of children was from 6 to 15 years old. The mean scores of all the three types of abuse in the ADHD group were statistically higher than those in the comparison group. Inattentiveness and hyperactivity/impulsivity scores are not associated with the scores of abuse in ADHD children. Parental abuse occurs in a cluster of different types of abuse. Mental health professionals can be involved for all the three types of prevention of parental abuse.

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  1. Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran

    Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Parisa Yazdanshenas, Masoud Mousavi Nasab, Ali Firoozabadi & Hassan Farrashbandi

  2. Department of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Ahmad Ghanizadeh

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Ghanizadeh, A., Yazdanshenas, P., Mousavi Nasab, M. et al. Parental Abuse Towards Their Children with ADHD in Iran. J Fam Viol 29, 269–276 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-014-9585-6

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