Mental health and parenting style in parents of adolescents with high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders

• Project/Area Number: 25870199
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing; Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Kyoritsu Women's University (2014); Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: ISHIDA Toru 共立女子大学, 看護学部, 助教 (10633076)
• Research Collaborator: OCHO Kozo 岡山県精神科医療センター ; OSHIO Keiji 岡山県精神科医療センター ; IKEDA Shin 岡山県精神科医療センター ; ASO Harumi 岡山県精神科医療センター
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 児童精神看護 / 高機能広汎性発達障害 / 思春期 / 家族支援 / 精神的健康 / 養育態度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study discusses features of mental health and parenting styles of parents with a child at puberty who has high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders. Questionnaire survey was carried out to participants, who were adolescents (ages 13-15) with HFPDD and their parents.
This study was found that 28.6% of their parents had the risk of depression and their mothers significantly had higher risk. It was found out that their mothers had four factors (relationship with society, school refusal, hyperactivity/inattention, and prosocial behavior) which contributed to mental health, and their fathers had a factor (relationship with society). Moreover, parents, who had stable parenting style, made behaviors of their children more stable and family functioning better. As a result, when we support mental health of their parents, we need to pay attention to environment of child care, behaviors of a child with HFPDD, and parenting styles.