The distribution of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in child and adolescents diagnosed with ocd and its relationship with parental child rearing attitudes and the distribution of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in their parents

The statement of the problem: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder which involves obsessions and compulsions that negatively affect children and adolescents in emotional, cognitive and behavioral areas. The existing OCD symptomatology in children and adolescents may be affected by their parents' obsessive-compulsive symptoms and dysfunctional parental attitudes. This study relies on the hypothesis that there might be a relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms of children and their parents' obsessive-compulsive symptoms and parental attitudes. Method: Eighteen children and adolescents (aged between 7-18 years) diagnosed with OCD and their parents are recruited to research group while eighteen children and adolescents (aged between 7-18 years) and who are not diagnosed with OCD and their parents are included in control group. DY-BOCS (Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale), Padua Inventory, Parental Attitude Scale, Y-BOCS Scale, Padua Inventory and K-SADS-PL Scale (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version) are used in this study. Results: When the groups are analyzed separately, the results show that there is not a significant relationship between family attitudes and total severity of OCD symptoms in children and adolescents. On the other hand there is a significant negative relationship between authoritative attitude of the parents and total OCD severity of the children and adolescent when both groups are evaluated together. No significant relationship is found between the family attitudes and obsessive-compulsive sub-dimensions in the research group. In the control group, there is a significant negative relationship between the authoritative attitude of the parents and symmetry, ordering, counting, repetitive behavior and perfectionism sub-dimensions of the OCD. There is a positive significant relationship between harm-related obsessions-compulsions of children and adolescents and authoritarian and over protective family attitude when both groups are evaluated together. Conclusion: Despite the limitations of the study, it can be suggested that authoritative attitude of parents