State and trait anxiety among parents having children with conduct disorder and parents having normal children
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: That conduct disorder is a continuous and persistent type of arrogant, and antisocial in character, aggressive type of behaviour which makes the child to indulge in fighting with others, stealing, setting fire to property and other things, running away from home and keeping away from school and it will make the child prone to do things which will break the expectations of others and rules and norms as per the societal culture. An important dimension about the relation between parent’s psycho social correlates and conduct disorder in children is that emergence and maintenance of conduct disorder which may affect parental mental health. The present study focuses on the intensity of state anxiety and trait anxiety in parents having children with conduct disorder. Materials and Methods: Sample was selected from 200 parents having children with conduct disorder reported in various psychiatric settings in Kerala, India, and also from 200 parents having normal children. Random sampling was used for selecting the sample. Mann-Whitney U test was used for statistical analysis. Result: Conduct disorder in children will affect their parents mental and social functioning and their life functioning of their parents. From this study, it was found that parents having children with conduct disorder is having higher intensity of state anxiety as well as trait anxiety compared to parents having normal children and the difference in intensity is statistically significance at level of significance (p<0.001). Problems and shame related to their child’s socially unacceptable and inappropriate behaviour disorder combined with the burden of handling a society which is intolerant to the child’s problem behaviour and the blame which is usually put on the shoulders of the parents will result in social isolation and anxiety in parents. Conclusion: The findings of this study illustrate the importance of recognizing, acknowledging, and addressing the burden experienced by parents of children with conduct disorders, in particular, their feelings of state and trait anxiety which leads to stigma, embarrassment, reduced quality of life, and poor health caused which is initiated by conduct disorder in children.
Authors and Affiliations
Bindu M V, Sheeba Damodar, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Vimal Rohan Kandoth, Jayasree Anada Bhavan Kumaran
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