Adolescents’ mental health problems increase after parental divorce, not before, and persist until adulthood: a longitudinal TRAILS study

Tullius, Janne M.; Kroon, Marlou L. A. de; Almansa, Josué; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.

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“…In addition, some studies have shown that the family structure [31][32][33] and the parenting styles adopted, especially authoritarian and neglectful styles, can contribute to the worsening of mental health in adolescence, as the form of treatment, attitudes, and quality of care relationships with parents in uence socio-emotional development. 48,53,54 In the present study, living with only the father or only the mother, or with neither of the parents, was associated with increased odds for the presence of CMD. By living with their parents, adolescents may have greater chances of contacting those responsible, strengthening the parent-child bond.…”

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Living With Parents, Healthy Living Practices And Common Mental Disorders in Adolescents: a School-Based Study in Brazil

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Background: Mental health conditions represent 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in adolescents. Promotion, protection, and restoring the mental health must be considered indispensable, especially in adolescence. This study aims to verify the association of living practices, living with parents and the presence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in Adolescents.Methods: Cross-sectional study that analyzed data from 71,553 Brazilian adolescents aged 12-17 years, from the Study on Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), between 2013-2014. Principal Component Analysis was performed to identify Living Practices Patterns, and Logistic Regression Models were performed to identify the associations between Living Practices Patterns, living with parents, and presence of CMD.Results: 71,553 adolescents were evaluated. To construct the Common Mental Disorders (CMD) variable, the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire was used. A pattern of Healthy Living Practices Standard (HLPS) was found. Adolescents belonging to the second (OR: 0.74; 95% CI 0.66–0.83) and third (OR: 0.45; 95% CI 0.39–0.51) terciles of the HLPS, that is, those who had higher rates of belonging to the pattern had lower chances of having CMD. Adolescents who lived with only the father or only the mother (OR: 1.25; 95% CI 1.09-1.43) or with no parent (OR: 1.59; 95% CI 1.27-1.99) were associated with a higher chance to present CMD.Conclusions: An inverse association between HLPS and the presence of CMD and a direct association between not living with both parents or living only with the mother or only with the father and the presence of CMD was identified.

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Living With Parents, Healthy Living Practices And Common Mental Disorders in Adolescents: a School-Based Study in Brazil

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“…In another study, divorce in parents was significantly associated with higher alcohol use disorder, higher cigarette dependence and higher water pipe dependence in adolescents. 6 In the study of Tullius et al 7 the levels of both internalizing and externalizing problems were significantly higher in the period after parental divorce, but not in the period before divorce, with a persistent and increasing effect over the follow-up periods compared to adolescents not experiencing divorce. Zeratsion et al 8 reported that parental divorce in late adolescence does not lead to mental health problems, as has been shown before, while such problems may prevail among young adolescents.…”

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The effects of parental divorce on children

Çaksen¹

2021

Psychiatriki

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“…Many studies have documented the short-term effects of parental divorce on children and adolescents, such as internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, lower academic achievement, poor physical health, higher risk for mental health, or attachment insecurity (Afifi and McManus 2010;Altenhofen et al 2010;Baert and Van der Straeten 2021;Weaver and Schofield 2015). In the long term, a great body of research also suggests that parental divorce is associated with negative outcomes on adult children, such as lower educational and occupational attainment (Larson and Halfon 2013), lower wellbeing (Amato 2001;Huurre et al 2006), insecure attachment styles (Fraley and Heffernan 2013), poor marital quality (Amato 2001), higher divorce rates (Amato 2001), mental and physical health problems (Schaan et al 2019;Tullius et al 2021), and less secure parent-child relationships (Amato 2001;Cui and Fincham 2010;Feeney and Monin 2016). Nevertheless, in Spain the effects of parental divorce on children and adults have been less widely examined than in other countries (e.g., Cantón et al 2002).…”

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Mother-Child and Father-Child Relationships in Emerging Adults from Divorced and Non-Divorced Families

Smith-Etxeberria

Eceiza

2021

Social Sciences

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The main aim of this study was to analyze the associations between parental divorce and interparental conflict with the quality of parent-child relationships. Specifically, we analyzed trust, communication and alienation in both father-child and mother-child relationships in a sample of 1078 Spanish emerging adults from divorced and non-divorced families. The interaction between parental divorce and conflict was also analyzed. In support of our expectations, parental divorce was associated with lower trust and communication, along with higher alienation in father-child and mother-child relationships. When interparental conflict was included, parental conflict was more strongly associated with lower trust and communication in mother-child relationships, and higher alienation in both mother-child and father-child relationships. However, parental divorce was still associated with low trust and communication with fathers, when interparental conflict and the interaction between parental divorce and conflict were added. In summation, our results suggest that both parental divorce and conflict should be taken into account in the study of the consequences of family-related stress variables on adult children’s wellbeing. These findings add to the current literature and contribute to better comprehend the effects of parental divorce and conflict on both mother-child and father-child affective relationships in an understudied cultural context. The implications, limitations and future research recommendations are discussed.

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Adolescents’ mental health problems increase after parental divorce, not before, and persist until adulthood: a longitudinal TRAILS study

Cited by 39 publications

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Living With Parents, Healthy Living Practices And Common Mental Disorders in Adolescents: a School-Based Study in Brazil

Living With Parents, Healthy Living Practices And Common Mental Disorders in Adolescents: a School-Based Study in Brazil

The effects of parental divorce on children

Mother-Child and Father-Child Relationships in Emerging Adults from Divorced and Non-Divorced Families

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