Family environment among individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder مقالة

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Method In this research, the history of 233 patients, who were selected based on high and low scores on the ADHD symptom assessment scale according to DSM-IV criteria, was examined by three clinical specialists. However, this issue is not well known in the group of patients with disruptive behavior disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder. Due to the difficult and common nature of these disorders and their treatment, it is necessary to identify and clarify the issue of their family environment; information available in this field regarding the relationship between disruptive behavior disorders and the family environment in children with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder should be examined. The present study shows evidence regarding the difference in the family environment of children with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder. Other assessments performed included the categorization of the set of information obtained from ADHD symptoms using CBCL, the Youth Self-Report (YSR15), the grading of the family's socioeconomic status (SES16) according to norms obtained from Australia, and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF17). When the DSM-IV scale was used for diagnosis, multivariate regression analysis showed that GFES scores show a significant coefficient for predicting conduct disorder, taking into account the effects of age, gender, and SES. Based on GFES, no significant difference was observed between the family environment of patients who had ADHD and those who did not have this disorder. Conclusion The unfavorable family environment, as assessed using the GFES scale, is not related to ADHD disorder in this group of patients.