Children's perceptions of parental emotional neglect and control and psychopathology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental emotional neglect is linked to psychiatric disorder. This study explores the associations between children's perceptions of parental emotional neglect and future psychopathology.

Methods

In a school-based longitudinal study of nearly 1,700 children aged 11-15 we explored children's perceptions of parenting, as measured by the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) at age 11, and their associations with later psychiatric diagnosis at age 15, as measured by computerised psychiatric interview. Rather than using the traditional four-category approach to the PBI, we identified groups of children, classified according to their perceptions of parenting, using latent class analysis.

Results

A small group of children (3%) perceived their parents as almost always

SUBMITTER: Young R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3170712 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature