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Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

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Functional constipation in children: does maternal personality matter?

Alireza Farnam¹, Mandana Rafeey, Sara Farhang

¹Research team for psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Liver and gastrointestinal diseases research center, Tabriz University of medical sciences, East Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran. dsfarhang@gmail.com.

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

|August 13, 2009

Summary

Maternal personality traits influence childhood functional constipation. Mothers of constipated children exhibit lower neuroticism and higher conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness compared to controls.

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Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Published on: September 19, 2019

Area of Science:

Psychology
Pediatrics
Child Health

Background:

Functional constipation is a common pediatric issue.
Maternal factors may play a role in childhood constipation.
Understanding maternal personality could offer new insights into etiology.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify personality dimensions in mothers of children with functional constipation.
To compare these dimensions with mothers of children without defecation problems.
To explore the relationship between maternal personality and childhood constipation.

Main Methods:

A comparative study involving 150 children with functional constipation and 150 controls.
Maternal personality assessed using the NEO Five Factor Inventory.
Psychiatric disorders were screened via interviews to ensure accurate personality assessment.

Main Results:

Mothers of constipated children scored lower on neuroticism.
These mothers scored higher on extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness.
Conscientiousness emerged as a significant personality dimension in both groups.

Conclusions:

Maternal personality traits appear to be a contributing factor to functional constipation in children.
Specific personality dimensions in mothers may directly influence a child's toileting behavior.
This finding suggests potential avenues for targeted interventions and support.