Psychopathology in the Children (Ages 6–18) of Depressed and Normal Parents

Weissman, Myrna M.; Prusoff, Brigitte A.; Gammon, George D.; Merikangas, Kathleen R.; Leckman, James F.; Kídd, Kenneth K.

doi:10.1097/00004583-198401000-00011

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“…Parents' stress was measured on Gerris' Parental Stress Inventory (Gems et aI., 1993;Pulkkinen, 1996;4 items; e.g., '" have more problems raising my children than I expected"). This scale might also be assumed to measure feelings of powerlessness to handle parent-child situations.…”

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Mothers’ and fathers’ well-being, parenting styles, and their children’s cognitive and behavioural strategies at primary school

1998

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Kaisa Aunola University ojHelsinki, FinlandOne-hundred and five 6-to 7-year-old children were given a test meas uring their helpl essness, fa ilure expec tatio ns, task-irrelevant beha viour, lack of p ersist ence and search fo r social suppo rt in a classroom setting in order to examine the impact ofpar ental well-being a nd parentin g styles on the childre n's cog nitive and behavioural strategies at school. Both par ents were also asked to fill in scales measuring their depression, parenting stress and parenting styles. The res ults reveal ed th at matern al .dep ressive symp to matology was associated with their children's use of maladaptive strategies, whereas pa ternal dep ress ion was not. Moreo ver, maternal auth or itat ive parenting styles and authoritarian control, seemed to decrease their children 's use of maladaptive strategies. On the other hand, the more parenting stress reported by the fa thers, the more their children showed the use ofmaladapti ve strategies.It has be en su ggest ed that the cog nitive and be hav io ural stra tegi es childre n and adolesce nts apply in classroom settings may provide a basis for their school achievement. Helplessness beliefs and related passivity (Diener & Dweck, 1978), being afraid of failure, task-irrele vant behaviou r and lack of persistence in the task at hand (Nurmi, Onatsu, & Haavisto, 1995a) have been found to lead to low achievement and related problems at school. For exa mple, Nurmi et a l. (1995a ) fou nd that und er achieving adolesc ents appl ied dysfunction al cognitive and behavioural patterns that res embled the se lf-handicapping behaviours des cribed earl ier by Jones and Berglas (1978). They showed higher levels of failure expectations and task-irrelevan t behaviour than their matched-pa ir controls. Butkow sky 544

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Mothers’ and fathers’ well-being, parenting styles, and their children’s cognitive and behavioural strategies at primary school

1998

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“…A number of studies have failed to find evidence of a link between parental depression and offspring suicidality (e.g., Grigoroiu-Serbanescu et al, 1989;Klein, Depue, & Slater, 1985;O'Connell, Mayo, O'Brien, & Misrsheidaie, 1979;Waters & Marchenko-Bouer, 1980;Weissman et al, 1984). Differences are noted for suicidal risk in children of depressed parents when (a) suicidal risk is assessed as a broader continuum of thoughts or actions, (b) assessed across cumulative time points, or (c) large samples are available for study (e.g., Lewinsohn, Olino, & Klein, 2005;Weissman, Fendrich, Warner, & Wickramaratne, 1992;Welner, Welner, McCrary, & Leonard, 1977).…”

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Suicidal risk in young adult offspring of mothers with bipolar or major depressive disorder: a longitudinal family risk study

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Lee²,

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J Clin Psychol

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Recent evidence has highlighted suicidal risk associated with bipolar disorder (BD). Using a family risk approach, the goal of this study was to evaluate suicidal thoughts and behaviors longitudinally from childhood to young adulthood in children of mothers with BD, Major depressive disorder (MDD), and well mothers. Few group differences were found for cross-sectional assessments of suicidal thoughts and behavior in young adulthood; the offspring of MDD demonstrate an earlier onset and more persistent suicidality than other groups, but by young adulthood, BD offspring appear to be comparable to MDD offspring in their rates of suicidality. The longitudinal assessments reveal a pattern of higher suicidal risk in MDD offspring, more intermediate risk in BD offspring, and lower risk in well offspring. Precursors and correlates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors were also examined. These findings suggest diverse developmental trajectories based on family risk and have implications for planning preventive intervention.

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“…9 Moreover, improvements in safety and in mother's mental health may have positive effects on child human capital accumulation. In fact, a large literature suggests positive impacts of maternal mental health on parenting and child outcomes [Weissman et al 1984;Gelfand et al 1990]. 6 and by acting as role models or enforcers of public order [Wilson 1987].…”

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Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

2000

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, and three anonymous referees for their suggestions. MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY IN BOSTON: EARLY RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED MOBILITY EXPERIMENT ABSTRACTWe examine short-run impacts of changes in residential neighborhoods on the well-being of families residing in high-poverty public housing projects who received Section 8 housing vouchers through a random lottery. Households offered vouchers experienced improvements in multiple measures of well-being relative to a control group, including increased safety, improved health among household heads, and fewer behavior problems among boys. There were no significant shortrun impacts of vouchers on the employment, earnings, or welfare receipt of household heads.Children in households offered vouchers valid only in low poverty neighborhoods also had reduced likelihood of injuries, asthma attacks, and victimizations by crime.1 Black [1999] provides convincing evidence of parents' willingness to pay for higher public school quality by comparing house prices for comparable homes in the same neighborhoods on different sides of the borders between adjacent elementary school attendance districts for suburban areas in Massachusetts.

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Psychopathology in the Children (Ages 6–18) of Depressed and Normal Parents

Cited by 276 publications

References 17 publications

Mothers’ and fathers’ well-being, parenting styles, and their children’s cognitive and behavioural strategies at primary school

Mothers’ and fathers’ well-being, parenting styles, and their children’s cognitive and behavioural strategies at primary school

Suicidal risk in young adult offspring of mothers with bipolar or major depressive disorder: a longitudinal family risk study

Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

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