Parent-child interaction among depressed fathers and mothers: impact on child functioning

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Depression in the mother has a broadly similar impact on the child as depression in the father. In both cases, depression brings impaired parent-child communication. Overall, families with a depressed parent show reduced positivity and congeniality compared with families without a depressed parent. There is strong evidence for a family systems model of depression, with one parent's depression affecting relationships in which he or she may not be directly involved.

Author: Jacob, Theodore, Johnson, Sheri L.
Domestic relations, Family relations

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Family assessment: Instrument dimensionality and correspondence across family reporters

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A study aimed to examine issues of instrument dimensionality, assess the generalizability of dimensional structures in whole-family, marital and parent-child forms, and the degree of correspondence across different members' reports. Results suggest a high degree of correspondence across different members' reports for each family subsystem.

Author: Jacob, Theodore, Windle, Michael
Family

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Sequential interactions in the parent-child communications of depressed fathers and depressed mothers

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Depression seen in mothers and fathers is an predictor of depression and adjustment issues in their children. The study compares the sequence of patterns of interaction between parent and child in families with depressed parents, and those with non-depressed parents.

Author: Jacob, Theodore, Johnson, Sheri L.
Research, Causes of, Parenting, Depression in children, Childhood depression

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Subjects list: Psychological aspects, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Parent and child, Parent-child relations
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