Maternal Mental Health and Children's Problem Behaviours: A Bi-directional Relationship?

ABSTRACT: Transactional theory and the coercive family process model have illustrated how the parent-child relationship is reciprocal. Emerging research using advanced statistical methods has examined these theories, but further investigations are necessary. In this study, we utilised linked health data on maternal mental health disorders and explored their relationship with child problem behaviours via the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for over 13 years. We accessed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, linked to anonymised individual-level population-scale health and administrative data within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank. We used Bayesian Structural Equation Modelling, specifically Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models, to analyse the relationships be

SUBMITTER: Lowthian E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628040 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature