Psychiatry investigation
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Psychiatry investigation · Dec 2008
Personality characteristics of mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as assessed by the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory.
The current study investigated the personality characteristics of mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). ⋯ These results suggested that even psychologically healthy mothers of children with ADHD alone might be depressed, histrionic and anxious.