Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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The Relationship between Anxiety and Depression Symptoms of Children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Their Parents

외상 후 스트레스장애 아동의 정신병리와 부모의 우울불안 증상과의 관계

  • Park, Subin (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, So Yoon (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, Oh-Hyang (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Bae, Jeong-Hoon (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Yoo, Hee Jeong (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
  • 박수빈 (서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과 소아청소년분과) ;
  • 김소윤 (서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과 소아청소년분과) ;
  • 권오향 (서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과 소아청소년분과) ;
  • 배정훈 (서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과 소아청소년분과) ;
  • 유희정 (분당서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2012.10.18
  • Accepted : 2013.03.11
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study is to examine the association between the children's psychopathology and age, intellectual quotient, and parental psychopathology in children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods: The emotional and behavioral problems of 35 children with PTSD (23 boys, 12 girls, mean age, $10.26{\pm}2.47$ years) were investigated by retrospective chart review. Their parents' anxiety and depression symptoms were also investigated. We examined the correlations between children's psychopathology and their parents' anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as their age and IQ. Results: There were positive correlations between maternal trait anxiety and depression, and children's emotional problems. State and trait anxiety of children with PTSD were positively correlated with age, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms were negatively correlated with age. Conclusion: Our results suggest that psychiatric manifestation of children who experienced trauma could differ according to the development stage, and the treatment of children with PTSD should involve parental education about the effect of maternal emotional states on children.

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