Parenting and psychosis: An experience sampling methodology study investigating the inter-relationship between stress from parenting and positive psychotic symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a strong association between stress and psychotic symptoms, and this study examined the bidirectional nature of this relationship in parents with psychosis, with negative affect as a mediator and a range of other psychosocial factors included as covariates. It also examined whether stress from parenting had a larger impact on psychosis than non-parenting stress.

Design

The study used a within-participants repeated measures design, using experience sampling methodology (ESM). ESM is a self-report surveying technique completed over an intensive longitudinal period. Participants completed six surveys a day, for 10 days.

Methods

Thirty-five participants with psychosis who were a parent to a child between the ages of 2 and 16 took part. Study phones ale

SUBMITTER: Radley J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804428 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature