Relationship between characteristic behaviors of children with ADHD and maternal attachment

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The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to assess maternal attachment of mothers of children with ADHD and to examine the relationship between characteristic behaviors of children with ADHD and maternal attachment. The subjects were mothers of children with ADHD. The following scales ; ADHD-Rating scale IV, Oppositional defiant disorder(ODD) scale, Conduct disorder scale, Hanazawa's scale of emotions toward children and Maternal Attachment scale for children with ADHD(reality ideals) were filled out by mothers. We speculated that characteristic behaviors of children with ADHD was related to the mothers affection(Avoidance) toward children and the conduct disorder was related to the maternal attachment.