Expressed emotion, attributions and depression in mothers of children with problem behaviour

Abstract

These results indicate the relevance of both EE and attributions in mothers of children with problem behaviour and suggest that maternal depressed mood is an important factor which is related to both of these.

The transactional process between the relationships with caregivers and children's externalizing behavior

“…This is very important for parenting programs that focus on developing a positive relationship. In line with the absence of a child effect in the mothers' model, variations in mothers' feelings have for example been explained in previous research according to their level of depression (Bolton et al, 2003), their happiness with their family situation and perceived maternal stress (St. Jonn-Seed & Weiss, 2005). Conversely, the high degree of stability found for fathers raises questions about the constancy of the feelings they express to their children over time.…”

Adolescent mental health consumers' self‐stigma: associations with parents' and adolescents' illness perceptions and parental stigma

“…The hypothesized relationship between parental illness perceptions and youths' self-stigma is derived partly from the principles of Weiner's attribution theory of stigmatization (Weiner, Perry, & Magnusson, 1988) suggesting that when others attribute negative behaviors on the part of an individual to factors that are controllable, intentional, and stable, they will be more likely react in negative, denigrating ways toward that person. Numerous studies find that parents who ascribe their child's negative or disruptive behavior to intentional, controllable, and stable factors that reside within the child rather than emanate from external or involuntary circumstances, are more likely to be hostile, critical, intrusive (components of expressed emotion), and to deliver harsher discipline (Barrowclough, Lobban, Hatton, & Quinn, 2001;Bolton et al, 2003;Heatherington, Tolejko, McDonald, & Funk, 2007;Johnston & Patenaude, 1994;Slep & O'Leary, 1998). Assuming that parents' illness perceptions directly and indirectly (i.e., via controlling or demeaning behaviors) impact the children's self concept (Barrowclough & Hooley, 2003;Sher et al, 2005), it is reasonable to expect parents' illness perceptions to influence selfstigma among adolescent MH consumers.…”

Assessing expressed emotion: comparing Camberwell Family Interview and Five‐minute Speech Sample ratings for mothers of children with behaviour problems

“…As suggested by Scott and Campbell (2001) the CFI interview schedule was modified to be applicable to younger children (Bolton et al, 2003). Questions about daily routine were altered in order to make these ageappropriate for the children in the study.…”

“…Adaptation of EE-CFI methodology for current study In addition to ensuring that the CFI schedule was age appropriate, modifications were made to the guidelines for rating EOI (Bolton et al, 2003). These modifications were made following discussions with Christine Vaughn (first author of the original abbreviated CFI) and are similar to those reported by (Hodes et al, 1999a) when assessing EE in children using the CFI methodology (details available on request).…”

“…Inter-rater reliability of adaptations (N = 11) In order to ensure acceptable inter-rater reliability using the modified interview schedule and the changed guidelines for rating EOI, 11 interviews with mothers from the current sample were recoded by a second trained rater using the same system in a similar population (Bolton et al, 2003). Satisfactory inter-rater reliability for the criterion scales was achieved (see Table 2).…”