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《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2014, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (11): 1068-1071.

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Relationship between Mental Health and Personality Traits in Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy

GUO Lan- min, XIAO Feng-ming, JIANG Zhi- mei, LÜ Zhi- hai, ZHANG Shi- ling   

  1. The Third Affliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, College of Rehabilatition Medicine and Laboratory for Neurological Rehabilitation of Children, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang 154003, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:2014-11-25 Online:2014-11-25

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Abstract: Objective To explore the mental health and personality traits of the parents of cerebral palsy children. Methods 128 parents of cerebral palsy children and other 128 parents of healthy children were investigated with the Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Results The scores of SCL-90 were more in the parents of cerebral palsy children, especially in the factors of somatization, obsession, depression, anxiety, and paranoid (P<0.01). The personality traits characterized as introversion (P<0.05) and neuroticism (P<0.01). The multiple regression showed that some factors of SCL-90 were related with the personality of neuroticism. Conclusion The mental health of the parents of children with cerebral palsy are poor, which may be related with the personality of neuroticism.

Key words: cerebral palsy, parents, mental health, personality