Socio-demographic and clinical correlates of parenting style among parents having ADHD children: a cross-section study

El-Deen, Ghada Mohamed Salah; Yousef, Amira Mohamed; Mohamed, Amany Elshabrawy; Ibrahim, Abdallah Saad

doi:10.1186/s43045-021-00151-3

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 5 Relationship between family characteristics and parenting attitudes of mothers

From: Socio-demographic and clinical correlates of parenting style among parents having ADHD children: a cross-section study

Social class			Residence			Mother occupation			Mother education					Variable
High	Moderate	Low	Urban	Slum	Rural	Professional	House Wife	Clerk	University	Primary, Prep	Postgraduate	Illiterate	2ndry, Institute	Variable
102.9± 8.50	92.95± 10.27	95.46± 9.38	98.58± 10.21	91.95± 9.54	104.3± 3.06	107± 3.9	96.52±9.75	89.91± 9.42	101.2±10.66	97.4± 9.02	106.63±3.46	10±1	92.28± 9.67	*Mean ± SD*	Total score
80-111	78-112	80-109	80-112	78-109	101-107	30-40	24-39	28-38	86-112	86-109	100-111	101-101	78-111	Range
4.418			3.634			6.714			4.543					Test
0.02*			0.03*			0.003**			0.004**					P
36.69± 3.75	33.5± 4.10	33.54± 4.58	35.46± 4.08	32.53± 4.33	36.67± 1.53	37.17± 3.76	34.55±4.342	32.36± 3.75	35.2± 4.764	35.6± 3.98	37.63± 3.29	35± 0	33.1± 4.21	*Mean ± SD*	Warmth /support
28-40	27-39	24-39	28-40	24-39	35-38	10-18	10-19	10-20	30-39	29-39	30-40	35-35	24-39	Range
2.785			3.307			2.67			2.111					Test
0.07			0.05*			0.08			0.096					P
14.15± 2.58	14.18± 2.61	13.69± 3.25	14.15± 2.89	13.58± 2.46	16± 3	14.33± 2.88	13.77±2.46	14.64± 3.50	14.2± 2.05	15.4± 1.67	14.13± 2.48	19± 0	13.59± 2.93	*Mean ± SD*	Overprotection
10-18	10-20	10-19	10-20	10-18	13-19	15-19	11-20	10-19	12-16	14-18	10-18	19-19	10-20	Range
0.14			1.065			0.431			1.379					Test
0.87			0.35			0.652			0.257					P
16.15± 2.44	13.91± 2.83	15.46± 2.47	15.15± 2.92	14.53± 2.74	15.67± 1.53	17.5± 1.52	15.1± 2.6	13.09± 2.59	16± 3.08	14± 2.74	17.25± 1.39	14±0	14.31± 2.75	*Mean ± SD*	Harsh control
10-19	10-20	11-18	10-20	11-18	14-17	17-20	10-22	10-17	12-20	11-18	15-19	14-14	10-19	Range
3.315			0.384			6.218			2.383					Test
0.05*			0.68			0.004**			0.066					P
17.08± 2.33	14.68± 3.06	14.85± 2.19	15.77± 2.61	14.63± 3.08	16.67± 2.31	18.17± 1.17	15.58± 2.59	13.27± 2.57	16.8± 1.79	15.6± 2.07	18.13± 0.99	14± 0	14.38± 2.88	*Mean ± SD*	Inconsistency
11-20	10-22	11-18	10-20	10-22	14-18	19-20	10-20	13-20	14-19	13-18	17-20	14-14	10-22	Range
3.654			1.251			7.923			4.048					Test
0.03*			0.3			0.001**			0.007**					P
19.08± 1.80	17.05± 2.68	18.31± 1.49	18.15± 2.31	17.42± 2.43	19.33± 0.58	18.17± 1.17	15.58± 2.59	13.27± 2.57	16.8± 1.79	15.6± 2.07	18.13± 0.99	14± 0	14.38± 2.88	*Mean ± SD*	Discrimination
14-20	10-20	16-20	13-20	10-20	19-20	30-40	24-39	28-38	18-20	15-20	17-20	19-19	10-20	Range
3.756			1.134			5.077			2.106					Test
0.03*			0.33			0.01*			0.097					P

Sd standard deviation, t independent t test, F ANOVA test, NS non-significant (P>0.05)
*Significant (P<0.05)
**Highly significant (P<0.01)

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