Parent attitudes and other comorbid behavioral problems in masturbating children

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to examine the relationship of the pre-school childhood masturbation with the parental attitude as well as the relation of the same with the comorbidity and related stammering, tic disorders, nail biting, nocturnal enuresis (NE) and encopresis. Materials and Methods: In this study, parents of 105 preschool children (between the ages of 3 - 6) were interviewed. 50 out the 105 interviewed parents’ children had have been with childhood masturbation (CM) and they are receiving professional consultancy or support services and these parents constitute the case group of this study. The control group was formed with the parents of 55 children. Research data were obtained by of the Personal Information Form filled by the parents, Parental Attitude Scale (PAS) and Comorbid Problems Determination Form prepared by the researcher. Results: Authoritarion parental attitude is discovered to be statistically higher than the case group with CM compared to the control group without such disorder. It has been detected that nail biting, NE and encopresis comorbidity is significantly higher in the case group with CM compared to the control group. Conclusion: There was a direct relationship between authoritarian parental attitudes and the CM that emerged in pre-school childhood. Along with CM the rate of frequency of nail biting, NE and encopresis are higher than the control group.