Parental bonding and anxiety: Differences between African American and European American college students

Carter, Michele M.; Sbrocco, Tracy; Lewis, Evelyn L.; Friedman, Elliot

doi:10.1016/s0887-6185(01)00081-0

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“…Unfortunately, this study did not examine ethnicity effects with respect to maternal care or paternal parenting dimensions. In line with Finkelstein et al (2001), Carter, Sbrocco, Lewis, andFreidman (2001) reported that parental care was related to depression and anxiety in both African-American and Caucasian undergraduates, but control was more predictive of depressive symptoms for Caucasian participants. Greenberger et al (2000) examined reported warmth, acceptance, and conflict in 11th graders from China and Los Angeles (the Los Angeles sample was 53% European-American, 16% Latino, 11% Asian-American, and 11% AfricanAmerican).…”

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confidence: 61%

“…The other three studies obtained partial specificity. Carter et al (2001) observed that low parental care was associated with both depression and anxiety, whereas parental overprotection was only associated with anxiety for European-American students and was not associated with either depression or anxiety for African-American students. Muris et al (2004) found that the combination of low emotional warmth and high rejection was uniquely related to depressive symptoms, whereas the combination of high overprotection and high rejection was uniquely related to anxiety symptoms.…”

Section: Specificity Of the Parenting-depression Associationmentioning

confidence: 88%

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Role of Parenting and Maltreatment Histories in Unipolar and Bipolar Mood Disorders: Mediation by Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

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Abramson

Smith

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In this article, we review empirical research on the role of individuals' parenting and maltreatment histories as developmental antecedents for symptoms and diagnosable episodes of unipolar and bipolar spectrum disorders. Our review is focused on the following three overarching questions: (1) Do negative parenting and a history of maltreatment contribute risk to symptoms or diagnosable episodes of unipolar and bipolar disorders? (2) Are the associations of negative parenting and maltreatment histories with bipolar disorders similar to those for unipolar depression? and (3) Are the associations between negative parenting and maltreatment histories and unipolar and bipolar symptoms or disorders mediated by cognitive vulnerability to depression? We begin by discussing the methodological requirements for demonstrating a psychosocial risk factor and the methodological issues that plague the parenting and maltreatment literatures. Next, we review the extant studies on the role of parenting histories in unipolar and bipolar disorders. We consider the specificity and possible moderators of the parenting-mood disorder relationship, as well as cognitive vulnerability to depression as a mediator of this relationship. Then, we review studies on the association of maltreatment histories with unipolar and bipolar disorders and the role of cognitive vulnerability to depression as a mediator of this association. We conclude with an assessment of the state of the parenting and maltreatment literatures in unipolar and bipolar disorder with regard to our guiding questions.

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Section: Moderators Of the Parenting-depression Associationsupporting

confidence: 61%

Section: Specificity Of the Parenting-depression Associationmentioning

confidence: 88%

Role of Parenting and Maltreatment Histories in Unipolar and Bipolar Mood Disorders: Mediation by Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

Alloy

Abramson

Smith

et al. 2006

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

186

159

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“…Previous studies have shown that strong parental bonding is crucial to children and adolescents, and is related to their social skills (Paterson et al 1995), positive self-image (Perry et al 2008) and fewer emotional (Carter et al 2001) and behavioral problems such as substance use (Kuendig and Kuntsche 2006). Thus, it is not surprising that our data found bonding to family as a factor positively predicting adjustment in both the full and two-parent subsamples, although an influence on antisocial behavior was not found for either sample.…”

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Predictors of Resilience Among Inner City Youths

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Prior studies have suggested that living in highrisk neighborhoods is associated with youths' maladjustment. Youths who maintained favorable outcomes, despite being exposed to such neighborhood risks, were considered resilient. Using structural equation modeling techniques, longitudinal data of 877 youths from the Denver Youth Survey were examined to identify predictors of resilience, longitudinal interrelations among predictors, and bi-directional relationships between resilience and life context factors. Resilience was longitudinally predicted by bonding to family and teachers, involvement in extracurricular activities, lower levels of parental discord, fewer adverse life events, and being less involved with delinquent peers. A positive feedback loop was found, in which resilience predicted further resilience. Early intervention to strengthen traditional bonding, decrease involvement with delinquent peers, and reduce the effects of adverse life events and parental discord may be essential in enhancing functioning of high-risk youths.

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“…A significant research question for future studies is whether parenting variables transmit risk in the same way in families of other races/cultures. For example, Carter, Sbrocco, Lewis, and Friedman (2001) found that European Americans showed the typical negative relationship between anxiety and parental warmth and the typical positive relationship between anxiety and parental overprotection, whereas African Americans experienced the same relationship between warmth and anxiety but no relationship between overprotection and anxiety. The researchers speculated that being overprotective in African American culture may indicate parental involvement, and may be adaptive as many African American families live in areas of greater risk than many middle-class Caucasian Americans.…”

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Theoretical Models of Affectionate Versus Affectionless Control in Anxious Families: A Critical Examination Based on Observations of Parent–Child Interactions

DiBartolo

Helt

2007

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Psychosocial theories focused on the intrafamilial transmission of anxiety often concentrate on specific parenting behaviors that increase risk of anxiety disorders in children. Two such theories--affectionate versus affectionless control--both implicate parenting, although differently, in the pathogenesis of childhood anxiety. The present article reviews observational studies that focus on interactions between parents and children in anxious families in order to examine critically each of these two models. We divide these observational studies into two groups: those that seek to characterize the behavior of anxious parents (top-down studies) versus parents of anxious children (bottom-up studies). This approach reveals that there is a consistent relationship between controlling parental behavior in families with anxiety-disordered children as well as a consistent relationship between parental behavior low in warmth and families with anxiety-disordered parents. The present article discusses the implications of the pattern that unfolds from the observational studies of the last decade and provides suggestions for future research in the area.

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Parental bonding and anxiety: Differences between African American and European American college students

Cited by 45 publications

References 19 publications

Role of Parenting and Maltreatment Histories in Unipolar and Bipolar Mood Disorders: Mediation by Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

Role of Parenting and Maltreatment Histories in Unipolar and Bipolar Mood Disorders: Mediation by Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

Predictors of Resilience Among Inner City Youths

Theoretical Models of Affectionate Versus Affectionless Control in Anxious Families: A Critical Examination Based on Observations of Parent–Child Interactions

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