Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate actual disciplinary behaviours of Turkish mothers’ in the context of relational environment and to investigate ADHD as a risk factor on abusive disciplinary p...
Highlights
Discipline is a process of learning and obeying the rules and this process is controlled first by the external sources, later by the internal sources [1,2]
This study investigates whether Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a risk factor for abusive disciplinary practices and manifest cultural factors associated with preferences of these disciplinary practices
This study indicated that some abusive disciplinary practices are culturally accepted and used among both families of ADHD children and healthy control group children in Turkey
Summary
Discipline is a process of learning and obeying the rules and this process is controlled first by the external sources (parents, teachers etc.), later by the internal sources [1,2]. Risk factors related to childhood abuse are widely studied [7,8,9]. Abusive behaviours for disciplinary purposes should be explored in terms of parental (e.g. parenting stress, disciplinary attitudes, childhood abusive experiences ...), child-related (e.g. mental retardation, aggression, attention or learning difficulties ...) or societal (e.g. cultural approval ...) risk factors. Studies conducted in different cultures widely reported that parents believe in the effectiveness of corporal punishment and approve using slight corporal punishment [10,11,12]. While high parental stress and childhood maltreatment experiences are among the most commonly reported parental risk factors for abusive disciplinary attitudes, externalizing disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the riskiest child characteristics [8,16,17]
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