Mother and child mental health over time in children with Autism and/or ADHD in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

May, Tamara; Williams, Katrina

doi:10.1017/s0954579422001067

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“…One study also found an impact of children's mental health on parental mental health. For example, mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder who also experience emotional and behavioral problems experience increased mental distress (May and Williams, 2022).…”

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Parental Mental Health Impacts a Child’s Well-being: Parent-focused Interventions Can Help

Michals,

Reeder

2023

J Stud Res

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Parent mental health is a crucial factor in shaping a child's overall mental health and well-being. A growing body of research suggests that parental mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, can have a significant impact on children's mental health. Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to experience emotional, behavioral, and developmental difficulties, which can persist into adulthood. To address this issue, parent-focused interventions have been developed to improve both the parents and the child's mental health. These interventions aim to provide support and education to parents, helping them to cope with their mental health problems and develop better parenting practices. The interventions may also provide children with a safe and supportive environment, improving their overall mental health and well-being. The literature review summarizes the current state of knowledge on the relationship between parents’ mental health and children's mental health, and the impact of parent-focused interventions. The review highlights the need for further research to fully understand the complex relationships between parents’ mental health and children's mental health, and to determine the most effective parent-focused interventions for improving both parent and child outcomes.

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Parental Mental Health Impacts a Child’s Well-being: Parent-focused Interventions Can Help

Michals,

Reeder

2023

J Stud Res

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“…Rearing children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) is often associated with elevated parental stress [1][2][3] and increased risk of mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression [4][5][6][7][8], especially in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) [9][10][11]. Evidence suggests that parental stress is driven by child behavioral difficulties [3,[12][13][14].…”

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Parenting a Child with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quantitative and Qualitative Cross-Cultural Findings

Mazzoni

Bentenuto

Filosofi

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Research during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a strong relationship between child symptoms, parental stress, and mental health challenges. The pandemic has changed family routines, worsening child symptomatology and parental burden. The aim of this study was to investigate how the magnitude of the perceived changes in child externalizing behavior, parental stress, and discontinuity of therapy—from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic—affected parental mental health during the pandemic. Moreover, we sought to compare these aspects cross-culturally between European countries and the USA. To these purposes, we asked Italian, Spanish, and U.S. parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) to complete an online survey. Quantitative results showed that increased parental stress may have contributed to a worsening in parental psychological distress, regardless of culture. Moreover, they suggested an indirect effect of child externalizing behaviors on parents’ psychological distress via parental stress. Qualitative analyses highlighted that the lack, or discontinuity, of therapeutic activities may have been one of the key contributors to parenting burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, qualitative results highlighted resilience factors that could have decreased the risk of psychological problems during the pandemic, such as a strong sense of parental efficacy and the ability to adapt to changing family dynamics.

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Diffusion tensor imaging of white-matter structural features of maltreating mothers and their associations with intergenerational chain of childhood abuse

Kurata,

Nishitani,

Kawata

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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Child abuse causes lifelong adverse outcomes for both physical and mental health, although many are resilient. Efforts to prevent this issue from the parental side require an understanding of the neurobiological basis that leads abusive parents to perpetrate abuse and the influence of the intergenerational chain of childhood abuse. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare the brain white-matter fiber structures between 11 maltreating mothers who had been recognized as having conducted child abuse prior to the intervention and 40 age-matched control mothers using tract-based spatial statistics. There was a significantly reduced axial diffusivity (AD) and a similar trend in fractional anisotropy (FA) in the right corticospinal tract in maltreating mothers compared to control mothers. Therefore, maltreating mothers may have excessive control over the forcefulness of voluntary movements. These features also decreased as the number of childhood abuse experiences increased, suggesting that an intergenerational chain of child abuse may also be involved. Other aspects observed were that the higher the current depressive symptoms, the lower the AD and FA values; however, they were not related to parental practice or empathy. These results corroborate the neurobiological features that perpetrate behaviors in abusive mothers.

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Mother and child mental health over time in children with Autism and/or ADHD in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

Parental Mental Health Impacts a Child’s Well-being: Parent-focused Interventions Can Help

Parental Mental Health Impacts a Child’s Well-being: Parent-focused Interventions Can Help

Parenting a Child with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quantitative and Qualitative Cross-Cultural Findings

Diffusion tensor imaging of white-matter structural features of maltreating mothers and their associations with intergenerational chain of childhood abuse

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