Abstract

This study was conducted to compare Reactive Attachment Disorder(RAD) children's mother s with normal children's mothers in variables affecting the pathogenic care, on the bases of the diagnostic criteria that RAD is caused by pathogenic care. For this purpose, the two groups of mothers were compared in the points of personality and depression, marital relationship, and social support. The subjects of this research were 19 RAD children and 23 normal children. MMPI, BDI, MAS, and social suppory scale were used in the two groups of mothers. 1. When the two groups were compared in the point of personality, RAD children's mothers were found to have higher points in F scale, Depression , Psychopathic Deviate, Paranoia, Psychasthenia, and Social Introversion scale. And as far as the degree of depression between the groups was concerned, RAD children's mothers showed the higher degree of depression. 2. When the two groups were compared :in the quality of marital relationship, RAD children's mothers turned out to be poorer than normal children's mothers in dyadic affectional expression subscale, but not much different in dyadic satisfaction subscale, dyadic consensus subscale, dyadic cohesion subscale. 3. The two groups were checked to find out wether there was any difference in structural, functional social support. The folks supporting these two groups were compared. The best supporters for RAD children's mothers were found out to be husband and brother and sister, friends, fellow worker, class-mate, and mother in order and normal children's mothers had husband, mother, and brother and sister in order. When they were compared in structural, functional social support, there were nothing meaningful different.