Sentences with phrase «fathers with emotional problems»

Expecting or new fathers with emotional problems or symptoms of depression should talk to their doctors.

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A recent, substantial, UK / US study, which controlled for mothers» depression, found high levels of emotional and behavioural problems in children (particularly boys) aged 3.5 years associated with earlier depression in their fathers (Ramchandani et al, 2005).

• A substantial, UK / US study, which controlled for mothers» depression and for fathers» education levels, found severe postnatal depression in fathers associated with high levels of emotional and behavioural problems in their children (particularly boys) at age 3.5 years (Ramchandani et al, 2005) and at age 7 (Ramchandani & Stein, 2008).

Stepfathers are widespread not only in modern industrial societies but also in subsistence - level societies as well.6, 51,52 Many studies have found that, compared with resident biological fathers, stepfathers invest less in the children who live with them, both in the United States37, 39,53 and other cultures.54 - 56 Stepchildren are more likely to have emotional and behavioural problems than resident genetic offspring, 39,40 although there is evidence that children who have close relationships with their stepfathers have better outcomes.41, 57

The literature shows that father absence tends to correlate with poorer children's outcomes, including lower education attainment, poorer health, greater emotional and behavioral problems, with effects lasting well into adulthood (as measured by socioeconomic status and marital patterns).

In the previous 12 - month period, 2.7 % of children living with their biological mother and father, and 8.8 % of children living with a formerly married mother and no father, were treated for emotional and behavioral problems.

Considering every aspect, there is a statistically significant difference in hyperactivity problems between these children groups F (429) = 3.699, p = 0.02, in which the group of children with both parents working far away from home reported higher score of hyperactivity problems than those having migrant father (the average difference score is 0.56, p = 0.00); emotional problem F (424) = 4.124, p = 0.01, in which the group children whose both parents work away from home reported higher scores of emotional problems than those with only fathers migrating for employment (the average difference score between 2 groups is 0.71, p = 0.00).

Children with highly involved fathers have fewer behavioral problems, higher educational attainment, and lower levels of emotional distress than children with less involved fathers.

Research shows that high - quality father involvement and support are associated with a number of positive child outcomes, including decreased delinquency and behavioral problems, improved cognitive development, increased educational attainment, and better psychological wellbeing.8 Children with involved fathers, on average, perform better in school, have higher self - esteem, and exhibit greater empathy, emotional security, curiosity, and pro-social behavior.

Children with a poor father - child relationship are more likely to have high (abnormal / borderline) levels of behavioural and emotional problems and poor school adjustment, as reported by parents.

Nearly 80 percent of long term child poverty occurs in broken or never - married families.Each year government spends over $ 200 billion on means - tested aid to families with children; three quarters of this aid flows to single parent families.Children raised without a father in the home are more likely to experience: emotional and behavioral problems, school failure; drug and alcohol abuse, crime, and incarceration.The beneficial effects of marriage on individuals and society are beyond reasonable dispute, and there is a broad and growing consensus that government policy should promote rather than discourage healthy marriage.

«Children who live with their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely not to be poor, less likely to use drugs, less likely to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, less likely to be victims of child abuse, and less likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live without their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.»

Other results show that children who live absent their biological fathers are more likely to be poor, to use drugs, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, to be victims of child abuse, and to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live with their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.

The literature shows that father absence tends to correlate with poorer children's outcomes, including lower education attainment, poorer health, greater emotional and behavioral problems, with effects lasting well into adulthood (as measured by socioeconomic status and marital patterns).

Several smaller studies have investigated the relationship of paternal and child mental health, and they have reported related findings among children of different ages than those in the study reported in this article.14, — , 21 One study found an association between paternal depression and excessive infant crying.45 Another study found that children aged 9 to 24 months with depressed fathers are more likely to show speech and language delays, 19,21 whereas another study reported that children aged 2 years with depressed fathers tended to be less compliant with parental guidance.17 Among children aged 4 to 6 years, paternal depression has been found to be associated with increases in problems with prosocial behaviors and peer problems.15 Only 1 other study we are aware of was population based; it was from England and investigated related issues among much younger children, 23 demonstrating that both maternal and paternal depressive symptoms predicted increased child mood and emotional problems at 6 and 24 months of age.

This study, from a sample of ∼ 22 000 children and their mothers and fathers representative of the entire US population, demonstrates that living with fathers with depressive symptoms and other mental health problems is independently associated with increased rates of emotional or behavioral problems among school - aged children and adolescents.

Similarly, the literature on the high concordance between mothers» and fathers» mental health and the transmission of depression within families might suggest that mental health problems in general, and depression in particular, when occurring in both mothers and fathers in the same family, is associated with even higher rates of child emotional or behavioral problems.27, — , 29

Previous MCS studies have related broad composite measures of father engagement in caring activities to subsequent child behavioural outcomes using subscales of total difficulties (emotion, conduct, attention or peer problems)[38 — 40]: most effects were very small and not statistically significant, but (among the large number of analyses performed), inverse associations were reported for (a) engagement at 9 months with emotional problems at 3 years [38], (b) engagement at 3 years with attention problems at 5 years [39] and (c) engagement at 5 years with peer problems at 7 years [40].

Children's emotional security in the context of particular marital conflict styles also mediated relations between parental dysphoria and child adjustment problems, with similar pathways found for mothers and fathers.

The present study examined the role of early fathering in subsequent trajectories of social emotional and academic functioning of preschool children with behavior problems.