Within-family relations of mental health problems across childhood and adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While transactional models suggest that parent and child mental health reciprocally influence one another over development, research has largely focused on parent-to-child effects. Additionally, it is not known whether observed associations hold when appropriate statistical tools are used to operationalise within-family dynamics.

Methods

We investigated within-family mental health dynamics using autoregressive latent trajectory models with structured residuals, stratified by child gender. Parental psychological distress was assessed using the Kessler (K6) scale, and children's internalising and externalising problems were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Both measures were administered at the age 3, 5, 7, 11, 14 and 17 waves of the Mill

SUBMITTER: Speyer LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9787478 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature