Parenting Related to Child and Parental Psychopathology: A Descriptive Review of the Literature

Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Vikan, Arne; Dahl, Alv A.

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“…14 There is some evidence that maternal depression may be more closely associated with disrupted parenting quality than paternal depression. 15 Mothers with depression may show decreased sensitivity to their children's needs, 16 and changes in maternal behavior have been found to mediate the association between maternal depression and toddlers' behavioral problems. 17 Couple conflict is another potential mechanism of risk transmission.…”

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Paternal Depression in the Postnatal Period and Child Development: Mediators and Moderators

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OBJECTIVE: To explore potential mediating and moderating factors that influence the association between paternal depression in the postnatal period and subsequent child behavioral and emotional problems.METHODS: A population-based cohort (N = 13 822) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) was recruited during pregnancy. Paternal and maternal depressive symptoms were assessed with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 8 weeks after the birth of the child. Child outcomes were assessed at 3.5 years by using the Rutter revised preschool scales and at 7 years by using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Path analysis was used to assess hypothesized mediators (ie, depression in the other parent, couple conflict, and paternal noninvolvement) of the associations between both paternal and maternal depression and child outcomes. We also tested for hypothesized moderators (ie, paternal education and antisocial traits).RESULTS: Family factors (maternal depression and couple conflict) mediated two-thirds of the overall association between paternal depression and child outcomes at 3.5 years. Similar findings were seen when children were 7 years old. In contrast, family factors mediated less than one-quarter of the association between maternal depression and child outcomes. There was no evidence of moderating effects of either parental education or antisocial traits. CONCLUSIONS:The majority of the association between depression in fathers postnatally and subsequent child behavior is explained by the mediating role of family environment, whereas the association between depression in mothers and child outcomes appears to be better explained by other factors, perhaps including direct mother-infant interaction. WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT:Parental depression is associated with adverse child outcomes. It is important to understand possible mediators and moderators. Several studies suggest that the family environment or parenting style may be potential pathways for transmission of risk from parents to children. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Paternal depression appears to exert its influence on children' s outcomes through an effect on family functioning (couple conflict and maternal depression), whereas maternal postnatal depression appears to affect children through other mechanisms, potentially including direct mother-infant interaction and care. Dr Gutierrez-Galve developed the hypotheses for the current study, carried out the statistical analysis, drafted the initial manuscript, and serves as guarantor for the contents of this article; Mr Stein, Dr Hanington, and Dr Heron developed the hypotheses for the current study and critically reviewed the manuscript; Dr Ramchandani developed the hypotheses for this study, supervised the statistical analysis, and reviewed and revised the manuscript; and all authors approved the final manuscript as submitted. A recent meta-analysis reported that the incidence of depression during the postnatal period is ∼9.8% in mothers and 4.8% in fathers. 3 Dep...

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Paternal Depression in the Postnatal Period and Child Development: Mediators and Moderators

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“…Several studies (e.g., Barber et al, 2005;Berg-Nielsen, Vikan, & Dahl, 2002) have shown that high parental support and low parental control are associated with higher levels of adaptive psychosocial functioning (e.g., competence, self-regulation, and academic achievement) and lower levels of internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. In relation to NSSI behaviors, Bureau et al (2010) found a positive association between NSSI and perceived parental control, and a negative association between NSSI and perceived support.…”

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Non‐suicidal self‐injury in adolescence: A longitudinal study of the relationship between NSSI, psychological distress and perceived parenting

Baetens

Claes

Onghena

et al. 2014

Journal of Adolescence

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Objective: The present study investigates whether either adolescents' psychological distress and/or perceived parenting predicted the occurrence of NSSI. Furthermore, the consequences of NSSI are examined in a three-wave longitudinal study. Design: The sample at time 1 (age 12) consisted of 1396 adolescent reports and 1438 parent reports. At time 2 (age 13), 827 adolescent reports and 936 parent reports were obtained. Time 3 (age 14) included 754 adolescent reports and 790 parent reports.Psychological distress of adolescents was measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.Perceived parenting behaviors were examined by the Parental Behavior Scale and the Psychological Control Scale. Results: A total of 10% of the adolescents engaged in NSSI at least once before age 15.Higher psychological distress of adolescents at time 1 was associated with the presence of NSSI at time 2 or 3. The association between psychological distress at time 1 and perception of decreased parental rule setting at time 3 was mediated by the presence of NSSI at time 2. Conclusions: The present study showed that psychological distress at age 12 predicts NSSI over time and that parental awareness of NSSI changes the perception of parenting behaviors. Keywords:Non-suicidal self-injury, adolescence, psychological distress, parenting, longitudinal. According to the dominant theories (e.g., Nock, 2009), NSSI is related to both (1) adolescent (intrapersonal) and (2) caregivers (interpersonal) factors which shape and maintain NSSI. Several intrapersonal correlates (most importantly emotion regulation and psychological distress) are hypothesized to be interwoven with interpersonal correlates (e.g., parenting, attachment, peer influences). With regard to caregivers characteristics, parenting behaviors may play an important role in both onset of NSSI (e.g., modulating physiological arousal/regulation, invalidating emotions, stressful life events such as abuse) and in maintaining NSSI (e.g., controlling behavior of parents). Although both intrapersonal and interpersonal correlates are hypothesized as exerting influences on onset of and maintaining NSSI, until now no longitudinal studies have examined these hypotheses. Furthermore, current dominant theoretical model (e.g., Nock) lack insight into consequences of NSSI over time. This large-scale, three-wave longitudinal study examined (1) the interaction between intrapersonal and interpersonal vulnerability factors for the NSSI, and (2) the consequences of NSSI over time. The present study focuses on the interplay between psychological distress as a potential intrapersonal correlate of NSSI (i.e., levels of internalizing and externalizing Running title: Longitudinal study of NSSI

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“…Growing up with parents who suffer from various kinds of psychopathology is a known risk factor; parental psychopathology has been linked with negative child outcomes such as psychopathology in children and lower scores on various measures of adjustment (Berg-Nielsen, Vikan, & Dahl, 2002;Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000). Furthermore a link between major depression in parents and attachment classification in children has been established (Seifer et al, 1996).…”

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The transmission of trauma in refugee families: associations between intra-family trauma communication style, children’s attachment security and psychosocial adjustment

Dalgaard

Todd

Daniel

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Attachment & Human Development

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Parenting Related to Child and Parental Psychopathology: A Descriptive Review of the Literature

Cited by 244 publications

References 151 publications

Paternal Depression in the Postnatal Period and Child Development: Mediators and Moderators

Paternal Depression in the Postnatal Period and Child Development: Mediators and Moderators

Non‐suicidal self‐injury in adolescence: A longitudinal study of the relationship between NSSI, psychological distress and perceived parenting

The transmission of trauma in refugee families: associations between intra-family trauma communication style, children’s attachment security and psychosocial adjustment

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