Personality characteristics of parents of neurotic, aggressive, and normal preadolescent boys.

Compared MMPI's of parents of neurotic, aggressive, and normal 9-11 yr. old boys using 2 of Achenbach's factors for classification of child psychiatric patients. 23 couples, parents of aggressive boys, were more deviant than 29 couples, parents of neurotic boys, Experimental parents were more deviant than 50 control couples. Fathers of aggressive boys were higher on Pd than either fathers of neurotic or control boys. Fathers of neurotic boys were higher on K. Mothers of aggressive boys had more low point Mf. More neurotic boys were oldest and more aggressive boys middle children. (16 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)