Mothers with Depression, Anxiety or Eating Disorders: Outcomes on Their Children and the Role of Paternal Psychological Profiles

The present paper aims to longitudinally assess the emotional functioning of children of mothers with depression, anxiety, or eating disorders and of mothers with no psychological disorders and to evaluate the possible mediating role of fathers’ psychological profiles on children’s internalizing/ext...

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Published in:Child psychiatry and human development 2015-04, Vol.46 (2), p.228-236
Main Authors: Cimino, Silvia, Cerniglia, Luca, Paciello, Marinella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Behavior Problems
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Caregivers
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child and School Psychology
Child Behavior - psychology
Child Development
Child of Impaired Parents - psychology
Child Rearing
Child, Preschool
Correlation
Depression (Psychology)
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Eating disorders
Emotional Disturbances
Fathers
Fathers - psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental depression
Mental Disorders
Meta Analysis
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Original Article
Parents & parenting
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychopathology
Reading Ability
Resistance (Psychology)
Separation Anxiety
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Summary:The present paper aims to longitudinally assess the emotional functioning of children of mothers with depression, anxiety, or eating disorders and of mothers with no psychological disorders and to evaluate the possible mediating role of fathers’ psychological profiles on children’s internalizing/externalizing functioning using SCID I, SCL-90/R and CBCL/1½-5. The results showed maternal psychopathology to be strongly related to children’s maladaptive profiles. Children of mothers with depression and anxiety showed higher internalizing scores than children of other groups. These scores increased from T1 to T2. Children of mothers with eating disorders showed higher and increasing externalizing scores than children of other groups. The data showed that fathers’ interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety and psychoticism significantly predicted internalizing problems of the children. Moreover, interpersonal sensitivity and psychoticism significantly predicted externalizing problems. Our results confirmed the impact of maternal psychopathology on maladaptive outcomes in their children, which suggests the importance of considering paternal psychological profiles.
ISSN:0009-398X
1573-3327
DOI:10.1007/s10578-014-0462-6