Worldwide, millions of children 5 years of age and older suffer with nocturnal enuresis,
also known as nighttime bedwetting. Nocturnal enuresis is a chronic elimination disorder
that while usually benign, too often results in the child being emotionally and physically
abused. Efforts to design effective treatments with low relapse rates have thus far been
thwarted by the array of organic and psychosocial variables related to its development.
Guided by the 5-factor theory of personality, this cross-sectional study investigated
whether a parent's personality characteristics significantly predict effective treatment for
a child's nocturnal enuresis. Effective treatment was defined as having no relapses of
symptoms in the 6 months following initial treatment success. A convenience sample of
parents (n = 165) was recruited from the online social network Facebook and other online
educational and support forums for parents seeking information on enuresis. Participants
completed the NEO-FFI-3 to measure their personality characteristics, and logistic
regression analyses were used to determine if parental personality characteristics,
parental history of childhood enuresis, and/or the child's gender were significant
predictors of effective treatment for a child's enuresis. None of these factors were found
to significantly predict effective treatment for enuresis. This study promotes positive
social change by identifying the need for an integrated biopsychosocial approach to
treating children with enuresis with effective evidence-based treatments. These
treatments are expected to result in fewer children exposed to the high rates of abuse and
the development of psychosocial disorders often associated with nocturnal enuresis
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:waldenu.edu/oai:scholarworks.waldenu.edu:dissertations-1604 |
| Date | 01 January 2015 |
| Creators | Stapp, Lonnie M. |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks |
| Source Sets | Walden University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies |
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