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  • Title: Parental adjustment, parenting attitudes and emotional and behavioral problems in children with selective mutism.
    Author: Alyanak B, Kılınçaslan A, Harmancı HS, Demirkaya SK, Yurtbay T, Vehid HE.
    Journal: J Anxiety Disord; 2013 Jan; 27(1):9-15. PubMed ID: 23247199.
    Abstract:
    The present study investigated emotional and behavioral problems in children with selective mutism (SM) along with the psychological adjustment and parenting attitudes of their mothers and fathers. Participants included 26 children with SM (mean age = 8.11 ± 2.11 years), 32 healthy controls (mean age = 8.18 ± 2.55 years) and the parents of all children. Children with SM displayed higher problem scores than controls in a variety of emotional and behavioral parameters. They predominantly displayed internalizing problems, whereas aggressive and delinquent behavior was described among a subsample of the children. Significant differences existed between the SM and control groups only in paternal psychopathology, which included anxiety and depression. They did not differ with respect to maternal psychological distress or mother or father reported parental attitudes. Another important result of the present study was that the severity of emotional and behavioral problems of children with SM was correlated with maternal psychopathology but not paternal psychopathology.
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