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Parentification and mental health symptoms: mediator effects of perceived unfairness and differentiation of self
- Authors:
- JANKOWSKI Peter J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 35(1), 2013, pp.43-65.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Noting that parentification (which occurs when one or both parents position a child to function in an adult role in the family system) can result in positive and negative outcomes for individuals, this study investigated the association between parentification and mental health. It was designed to test a theoretical model of the relationship between parentification tasks and mental health symptoms. The research involved a sample of 783 college students from a large state university in the southern US. It used a range of self-report measures to assess dimensions of dysfunctional parentification, differentiation of self and mental health symptoms. The article describes the study methodology and its findings. It reports that the results supported the proposed model in which the relationship between parentification and mental health symptoms was mediated by perceived unfairness and differentiation of self, and considers the clinical implications of the findings.
Life at age 14: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report presents findings about the lives of 14-year-olds living in Scotland. It uses data collected from Birth Cohort 1 (BC1) of the Growing Up in Scotland study (GUS). GUS BC1 was originally comprised of a nationally representative sample of 5217 children born between June 2004 and May 2005. A boost sample was included at Sweep 9. This report presents high level findings from the most recently available data sweep (Sweep 10). The report aims to provide an overview of the data available and encourage other researchers to conduct further and more detailed analysis. Data can be accessed through the UK Data Service. This report covers several aspects of young people’s lives including: experience of school and educational aspirations; relationships with parents; relationship with peers, peer pressure and bullying; social media usage and activities; risky behaviours; mental health and life satisfaction; general health, physical activity and sleep. Half of young people (49.1%) had been bullied by being picked on, called names or been made fun of, and just under one in five were picked on in this way at least once a week or more – 22% said they were treated unfairly because of their body shape, size or physical appearance. Almost half of young people (47.2%) had had a period in their life lasting several days or longer when on most of the days they felt depressed, and just under three quarters of those who experienced depression said they had a lot more trouble concentrating than usual and felt down on themselves, whilst half thought a lot about death. However, life satisfaction was overall high; just under two thirds (63.6%) said they ‘always’ or ‘often’ felt their life was just about right, and three quarters (74.8%) said they ‘always’ or ‘often’ felt they had what they wanted in life. (Edited publisher abstract)
Alcohol use, mental health, and parenting practices among HIV-positive mothers
- Authors:
- SCHULTE Marya T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 18(2), 2019, pp.111-128.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Mothers living with HIV (MLH) must balance childcare, their illness, and oftentimes other mental health problems/stressors. It is important to understand how a maladaptive coping strategy (alcohol use), is linked to poorer parenting practices. This study assessed the relationship between mental health/coping (anxiety, depression, alcohol use, social support), and parenting/family dimensions (communication, parenting style/stress, family routines/cohesion) among 152 MLH. Mothers reporting more psychiatric symptoms and less social support also reported poorer parenting practices and interactions. Further, MLH who used more alcohol reported less parenting involvement and fewer family interactions. Alcohol use, even at subclinical levels, can negatively impact the parent-child relationship. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dutch youth of parents with a mental illness reflect upon their feelings of guilt and shame
- Authors:
- BOSCH Annick, RIEBSCHLEGER Joanne, LOON Linda van
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 19(3), 2017, pp.159-172.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI) have a higher risk of acquiring a mental illness themselves. Feelings of guilt and shame could increase COPMI risks of acquiring mental health disorder symptoms. These feelings of guilt and shame could also impact the quality of the parent-child relationship. Data were drawn from the qualitative part of a mixed method study featuring 18 face-to-face interviews with Dutch COPMI aged 12–21. Interviewees were asked about their experiences with guilt and shame related to their parent with mental illness and the extent they felt that these feelings affected their relationships with their parents. Qualitative thematic analysis (QTA) revealed that most COPMI youth described feelings of guilt and some of them reported feelings of shame. They reported making behavioural adjustments especially using caution in parental communication. In their perception, guilt and shame did not have long-term impacts on their relationships with parents. (Edited publisher abstract)
Parenting for the promotion of adolescent mental health: a scoping review of programmes targeting ethnoculturally diverse families
- Authors:
- RUIZ-CASARES Monica, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(2), 2017, pp.743-757.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A scoping review of the literature on parenting programmes that target the promotion of adolescent mental health was conducted to examine the quality of the studies and unique content of programmes for parents from ethnoculturally diverse communities. PsycINFO and Web of Science were searched in April, 2011 (for all publications prior to that date) and again in August, 2015 (for publications from April, 2011 to August, 2015) using specific keywords and inclusion criteria. A hand search was also conducted. Overall, 107 studies met inclusion criteria for final data extraction and included evaluations of interventions targeted at substance use, early/risky sexual activity and behavioural problems. Eighteen of the 107 studies described programmes targeting parents of adolescents from diverse ethnocultural communities; the quality of these 18 studies was assessed using a marginally modified version of the Downs and Black Checklist (Downs & Black 1998). Their average quality assessment score was 16 out of 28. In addition, two key themes reflected in successful interventions emerged: strengthening parent–adolescent relationship through communication, and importance of community engagement in designing and implementing the intervention. Findings indicate gaps in service delivery to parents of adolescents from ethnoculturally diverse communities; there are a limited number of studies on programmes targeting ethnoculturally diverse parents of adolescents, and the quality of studies that do exist is overall low. Given increasing diversity, more emphasis should be placed on developing and modifying programmes to meet the needs of ethnoculturally diverse communities. More rigorous, standardised efforts should be made to evaluate programmes that do exist. (Publisher abstract)
Parent-infant psychotherapy for improving parental and infant mental health (review)
- Authors:
- BARLOW Jane, et al
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 166
- Place of publication:
- Hoboken, NJ
This review examined whether parent-infant psychotherapy (PIP) is effective in improving the parent-infant relationship, or other aspects of parent or infant functioning, and sought to identify the programme components that appear to be associated with more effective outcomes and factors that modify intervention effectiveness (e.g. programme duration, programme focus). It identified eight studies with 846 randomised participants comparing either PIP with a no-treatment control group (four studies) or comparing PIP with other types of treatment (four studies). The review concludes that although PIP appears to be a promising method of improving infant attachment security, there is no evidence about its benefits in terms of other outcomes, and no evidence to show that it is more effective than other types of treatment for parents and infants. (Edited publisher abstract)
Challenges and coping strategies of children with parents affected by schizophrenia: results from an in-depth interview study
- Authors:
- KAHL Yvonne, JUNGBAUER Johannes
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 31(2), 2014, pp.181-196.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article presents results from an in-depth interview study investigating challenges and coping strategies of children with parents affected by schizophrenia. Thirty-four qualitative interviews of children were conducted and evaluated by content analysis. The interviewees spoke of a wide range of challenges that they must deal with daily. A variety of available coping strategies, social and personal resources were identified in the study. The results show that there is a need for professional support, especially on a low-threshold basis, that helps affected children to develop appropriate and diverse forms of coping. (Publisher abstract)
Surplus suffering: the search for help when a child has mental-health issues
- Author:
- CLARKE Juanne N.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 18(2), 2013, pp.217-225.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Social theorists have demonstrated the growth in dominance of two central discourses for understanding the ways that children's mental-health issues are understood today –medicalisation and intensive mothering. In this context, this paper reports on a qualitative interview-based study of 16 mothers whose children had received a diagnosis with one or more mental-health or developmental issues such as Tourette's, bipolar, anxiety, depression, autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is based on the retrospective accounts of mothers given during interviews, from the time when they noticed what they thought to be unusual behaviours and decided to try to normalise and accommodate to their children's behaviours and then to the various steps they took to seek help. The paper begins with a description of the sorts of problems that mothers noticed. It then moves to the strategies mothers then took to cope, manage and socialise their children. When these failed, mothers sought professional assistance with understanding, remediation and/or a diagnosis for the child(ren). Mothers described uncertainty, confusion and contradictions as they unremittingly sought help. This process may be called surplus suffering. The relevance of the theoretical issues is then reconsidered along with the substantive and practical consequences of the findings. (Publisher abstract)
Attachment and coping strategies in middle childhood children whose mothers have a mental health problem: implications for social work practice
- Authors:
- WALSH Judi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 39(1), January 2009, pp.81-98.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Mental health has implications for the quality of relationships within a family, particularly between parents and children, but also between other family and non-family members. Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated. An understanding of children’s representations of attachment relationships and the different coping strategies that may result is important for social work practice when offering support, not only to the children, but also other family members. Methods of investigating attachment, such as the Separation Anxiety Test, have been used to understand the relationship issues, fears and coping strategies of other vulnerable children, and this study was designed specifically to investigate relationship issues in middle childhood children whose mothers had previously been hospitalized with mental health problems. The authors found that these children tended to be less emotionally open and secure, and generated fewer adaptive coping strategies than children whose mothers had never had mental health problems. Other themes also emerged from the interviews, such as a sense of trust in the parent–child relationship and the ‘containment’ of fears. Implications for social work practice are discussed.
Children of parents with mental illness
- Editor:
- COWLING Vicki
- Publisher:
- Australian Council for Educational Research
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 230p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Melbourne, VIC
A study into the impact on children when their parents have mental illness. The children have to deal with the symptoms and with parental behaviour and professional interventions that they do not understand, and the side effects on them can be profound. It combines theoretical basis with first-hand experiences of parents and adult children. It covers a range of psychological disorders, and, through case studies, analyses the ability of such a parent still to function as a care-giver. Programs to help those affected by mental illness are evaluated by users as well as providers.