Some psychodiagnostic relevant personality variables of mothers of psychosocially abnormal children and adolescents]

One hundred mothers of psychosocially abnormal children and juveniles were subjected to a clinical and psychological examination by means of the INR questionnaire containing 70 questions to be answered. Neurotic and near-neurotic personalities and behavior patterns could be objectified in 71 percent of the subjects. Only 29 percent of the mothers tested gave normal psychological test results. The two groups of subjects were different in regard of both the intactness of marital relations and the ideational images of, and reasons given by, their children. The relatively large number of mothers showing negative psychological test results again underscores the need for intensive medical and psychological care of such persons and parents, respectively, in order to be able to make subsequent and effective corrections of psychic maldevelopments in adolescents.