Early Parent-Child Relationship Discrepancies and Adolescent Psychopathology in a Community Sample of Intact Families

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin D. Penner ◽  
Laura M. Derose
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Early Parent ◽  
Parent Child

scholarly journals Parenting and Child Development: A Relational Health Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Frosch ◽  
Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan ◽  
D. David O’Banion
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Relational Health ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Health ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Early Parent ◽  
Parent Child

A child’s development is embedded within a complex system of relationships. Among the many relationships that influence children’s growth and development, perhaps the most influential is the one that exists between parent and child. Recognition of the critical importance of early parent-child relationship quality for children’s socioemotional, cognitive, neurobiological, and health outcomes has contributed to a shift in efforts to identify relational determinants of child outcomes. Recent efforts to extend models of relational health to the field of child development highlight the role that parent, child, and contextual factors play in supporting the development and maintenance of healthy parent-child relationships. This review presents a parent-child relational health perspective on development, with an emphasis on socioemotional outcomes in early childhood, along with brief attention to obesity and eating behavior as a relationally informed health outcome. Also emphasized here is the parent–health care provider relationship as a context for supporting healthy outcomes within families as well as screening and intervention efforts to support optimal relational health within families, with the goal of improving mental and physical health within our communities.

The Parent-Child Relationship Survey: An Examination of its Psychometric Properties

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Fine ◽  
Susan M. Worley ◽  
Andrew I. Schwebel
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Affective Component ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

The psychometric properties of the Father and Mother Scales of the Parent-Child Relationship Survey were examined. 149 undergraduate students in psychology from divorced families and 155 students from continuously intact families completed the instrument which was designed to assess the perceived quality of older children's relationships with their parents. Results suggest that the Father and Mother Scales each assess primarily a unidimensional positive affective component of perceived parent-child relationships. Normative, reliability, and validity data are also presented. These findings support the research and clinical utility of the instrument.

scholarly journals Close relationships and depression: A developmental cascade approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (04) ◽  
pp. 1451-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Goodman ◽  
Diana R. Samek ◽  
Sylia Wilson ◽  
William G. Iacono ◽  
Matt McGue
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Relationship Problems ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

AbstractPrevious research has shown that problematic parent–child, peer, and romantic partner relationships are associated with an increased likelihood for major depressive disorder (MDD). Less research has evaluated the developmental unfolding of how these interpersonal relationship features are both an antecedent versus a consequence of MDD symptoms from adolescence through young adulthood. These gaps were evaluated using a large community sample (N = 1,127; 54% female, 96% white) via a developmental cascade model. Results showed support for significant antecedent effects, as greater parent–child relationship problems at ages 11 and 17 predicted rank-order increases in MDD symptoms at ages 14 and 20. Supporting a developmental cascade of problematic social relationships, greater parent–child relationship problems at ages 11 and 14 also predicted greater subsequent rank-order increases in antisocial peer affiliation at ages 14 and 17. Greater affiliation to antisocial peers at age 20 predicted greater rank-order increases in romantic relationship problems at age 24, which in turn predicted greater MDD symptoms at age 29. Cross-effects were generally small (βs ≤ .16), illustrating other factors may be relevant to the development or consequences of MDD. Nonetheless, findings support the importance of efforts to strengthen social support networks to offset risk as well as potentially treat depression.

Childhood adversity and adolescent psychopathology: evidence for mediation in a national longitudinal cohort study

2019 ◽  
Vol 215 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niamh Dhondt ◽  
Colm Healy ◽  
Mary Clarke ◽  
Mary Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Externalising Problems ◽  
Internalising Problems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

BackgroundChildhood adversity is a well-established risk factor for psychopathology; however, many who experience adversity do not go on to develop psychopathology. Poor self-concept and poor parental support are known risk factors for adolescent psychopathology, which may account for some of this mechanism.AimsTo investigate candidate mediators in the relationship between childhood adversity and psychopathology.MethodWe used data from the age 9 and 13 waves of the child-cohort of the Growing Up in Ireland study. We undertook mediation analysis by path decomposition of the relationship between childhood adversity and psychopathology (internalising and externalising problems) at age 13 and persistent psychopathology. Candidate mediators were self-concept, parent–child relationship and hobby participation at age 9.ResultsChildhood adversity was reported by 28.2% of participants, and was significantly associated with internalising and externalising problems. Parent–child conflict mediated the relationship between childhood adversity and both age 13 and persistent psychopathology, accounting for 52.4% of the relationship between childhood adversity and persistent externalising problems (indirect odds ratio, 1.30; 95% CI 1.19–1.43) and 19.2% for persistent internalising problems (indirect odds ratio, 1.24; 95% CI 1.15–1.34). There was a small mediating effect of self-concept. Hobby participation and positive parent–child relationship did not mediate these relationships.ConclusionsParent–child conflict explains almost half the relationship between childhood adversity and persisting externalising problems in adolescence, and a fifth of the relationship with persisting internalising problems. This suggests parent–child conflict is a good target for interventions in childhood to prevent adolescent psychopathology.Declaration of interestNone.

Mutually Responsive Orientation Between Mothers and Their Young Children: A Context for the Early Development of Conscience

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 191-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazyna Kochanska
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Parental Influence ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Early School ◽  
Early Parent ◽  
Parent Child

Some parent–child dyads establish a mutually responsive orientation (MRO), a relationship that is close, mutually binding, cooperative, and affectively positive. Such relationships have two main characteristics—mutual responsiveness and shared positive affect—and they foster the development of conscience in young children. Children growing up with parents who are responsive to their needs and whose interactions are infused with happy emotions adopt a willing, responsive stance toward parental influence and become eager to embrace parental values and standards for behavior. The concurrent and longitudinal beneficial effects of MRO for early development of conscience have been replicated across studies, for a broad range of developmental periods from infancy through early school age, and using a wide variety of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive measures of conscience in the laboratory, at home, and in school. These findings highlight the importance of the early parent–child relationship for subsequent moral development.

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