However, the indirect effect of parental
psychopathology symptoms on child social - emotional development via parents» emotion socialization behaviors has rarely been studied.
We found no effects of either parent's
psychopathology symptoms on child prosocial behavior.
Not exact matches
In different experiments we will examine the effects of exogenous (intranasal oxytocin) and endogenous (providing social support) oxytocin
on fear and reward related brain activation patterns, functional connectivity, stress reactivity and trauma - related
psychopathology symptoms.
The Total Difficulties scale represents the sum of items
on the four
psychopathology scales (Emotional
Symptoms, Peer Relationship Problems, Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity - Inattention); BFQ - C, short form of the Big Five Questionnaire for Children; CTNI / CTNS, Connection to Nature Index / Connectedness to Nature Scale.
'' [O] nly a minority of children in single - parent families are maladjusted; the majority evince no
psychopathology or behavioral
symptoms, whether or not they experience psychic pain... Although many social scientists have emphasized the effects of father absence
on child adjustment, Amato's research clearly indicates that the bivariate association between the two variables is much weaker than one might expect.
First, with the majority of research in this area centered
on the prevalence of
psychopathology, and particularly post-traumatic stress
symptoms, it has been clearly demonstrated that refugee children and adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of pre-migration, most notably exposure to trauma.
Positive outcomes favoring the Seeking Safety condition were found in various domains including substance use and associated problems (
on the Personal Experiences Scale and the Adolescent
Psychopathology Scale), some trauma - related symptoms (on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children), cognitions related to SUD and PTSD (the Reasons for Using Scale and the World Assumptions Scale), and various psychopathology (on the Adolescent Psychopa
Psychopathology Scale), some trauma - related
symptoms (
on the Trauma
Symptom Checklist for Children), cognitions related to SUD and PTSD (the Reasons for Using Scale and the World Assumptions Scale), and various
psychopathology (on the Adolescent Psychopa
psychopathology (
on the Adolescent
PsychopathologyPsychopathology Scale).
Effects of family violence
on psychopathology symptoms in children previously exposed to maltreatment
Children who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing
symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall
psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go
on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and
psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus
on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attachment.
The current paper focuses
on the associations between fathers» and mothers»
psychopathology symptoms, the degree to which they talk about negative emotions during parent — child discussion of a picture book, and the social - emotional development of preschoolers (51 % boys).
It should be noted, however, that because parents»
psychopathology symptoms and emotion talk were measured simultaneously, we can not rule out the alternative explanation that mothers» tendency to focus
on negative feelings predisposed them to select a partner with emotional difficulties.
Although historically most studies
on this topic focused
on clinical samples (families in which a parent is diagnosed with a psychological disorder), there is increasing evidence that parental
psychopathology symptoms at a subclinical level can also have detrimental effects
on children's social - emotional development (Connell and Goodman 2002).
In Study 2, for 80 girls (40 with and 40 without ADHD), mothers» ratings
on the feminine items were related to the corresponding DSM - IV
symptoms, and to general
psychopathology and impairment.
Given that most parents in our study had subclinical levels of
psychopathology symptoms, it could be that only
symptoms that contradict gender stereotypes had a negative impact
on children as these
symptoms may cause more confusion and anxiety than
symptoms that are in line with gendered ideas about emotion expression in men and women.
For the current analyses families were excluded when one or both of the parents had missing data
on one or both of the pertinent scales for self - reported parental
psychopathology symptoms (n = 104), or when they did not read the entire emotion picture book with their children (n = 2).
The fact that fathers» use of emotion talk was not related to mothers»
psychopathology symptoms might be due to our focus
on the way parents talk about emotions with their children rather than the way parents express their emotions and their reactions to child emotions.
Epidemiological and clinical evidence indicates that SED is associated with multiple dimensions of
psychopathology, with more robust effects
on externalizing problems, such as aggressive and delinquent behaviors, and a less robust, but still significant, association with internalizing
symptoms, such as anxiety and depression [10 — 12, 14].