Children of mentally ill parents—a pilot study of a group intervention program

Christiansen, Hanna; Anding, Jana; Schrott, Bastian; Röhrle, Bernd

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01494

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“…One family-centered intervention that has shown good results for both parents and children is the Family Talk Intervention (FTI) [15][16][17][18][19]. The main goals of FTI are to increase illness-related knowledge and communication within the family, support parenting and improve coping.…”

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“…Although most studies have evaluated the effects of FTI in the context of psychiatric care [15][16][17][18][19], the use of FTI has also proven feasible in palliative care, from both children's and parents' perspectives (Eklund R, Jalmsell L, Kreicbergs U, Alvariza A and Lövgren M: Children's experiences of the family talk intervention when a parent is cared for in palliative home carea feasibility study. under review; Jalmsell L, Eklund R, Kreicbergs U, Lövgren M and Alvariza A: The family talk intervention in palliative home care when a parent with minor children is suffering from life-threatening illness -parents' perspectives.…”

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The family talk intervention for families when a parent is cared for in palliative care – potential effects from minor children’s perspectives

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Background: Children show long-term psychological distress if family communication and illness-related information are poor during and after a parent's illness and death. Few psychosocial interventions for families with minor children living with a parent who has a life-threatening illness have been evaluated rigorously. Even fewer interventions have been family-centered. One exception is the Family Talk Intervention (FTI), which has shown promising results regarding increased illness-related knowledge and improved family communication. However, FTI has not yet been evaluated in palliative care. This study therefore aimed to explore the potential effects of FTI from the perspectives of minor children whose parent is cared for in specialized palliative home care. Methods: This pilot intervention study involves questionnaire and interview data collected from children after participation in FTI. Families were recruited from two specialized palliative home care units. To be included, families must include one parent with life-threatening illness, at least one child aged 6-19 years, and understand and speak Swedish. Twenty families with a total of 34 children participated in FTI; 23 children answered the questionnaire, and 22 were interviewed after participation. Results: The children reported that FTI increased their knowledge about their parents' illness. They said the interventionist helped them to handle school-related problems, establish professional counselling, and find strength to maintain everyday life. Children aged 8-12 reported that talking with their parents became easier after FTI, whereas communication was unchanged for teenagers and between siblings. Children also reported having been helped to prepare for the future, and that they benefitted from advice about how to maintain everyday life and minimize conflicts within the family. Conclusions: Children who participated in FTI reported that it was helpful in many ways, providing illness-related information and improving family communication when a parent has a life-threatening illness. Other potential positive effects reported by the children were that FTI facilitated their preparation for the future, decreased family conflicts, and started to build up resilience.

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“…We have insufficient understanding about the prerequisites of health and well-being in adolescents and its development, and how stress might influence and predict this development (Moreira et al, 2015 ; Schulz and Vögele, 2015 ; Martín-María et al, 2016 ; Moksnes and Espnes, 2017 ). Apparently, there is an increase of stress-related symptoms and diseases among young people, including long-term pain (Lager et al, 2012 ; Wiklund et al, 2012 ; Eckhoff and Kvernmo, 2014 ; Skrove et al, 2015 ; Mikkonen et al, 2016 ).…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in 15–16 Years Old Norwegian Adolescents

2018

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A better understanding about prerequisites of health and well-being in adolescents is important to prevent chronicity and comorbidities of stress and to improve health promotion in this group. For this purpose, useful instruments are required. The Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) is developed for research, with an emphasis on predictive validity. The PSQ comprises different components of stress, and the instrument might be useful in studying prerequisites and predictors of health and well-being in adolescents. However, the instrument has not been evaluated in Norwegian psychosomatic populations and in adolescents. Moreover, the factor structure of the PSQ seems to vary between populations, and invariance across gender and concurrent validity regarding mindfulness are not previously tested. The objective of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the PSQ in adolescents, including evaluate the fit of previously proposed PSQ-models in females and males and test measurement invariance across gender. Concurrent validity with respect to mindfulness (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale- Adolescent [MAAS-A]) was preliminary evaluated. Confirmatory factor analysis for each previously proposed model was conducted, separately for females and males. Multi-group factor analyses were performed to test measurement invariance of the different PSQ-models across gender. The associations between the PSQ and the MAAS-A and inter-scale correlations were preliminary evaluated. Preceding the data collection and main analyses, the instruments were translated to Norwegian following standardized procedures. The participants in study were Norwegian adolescents aged 15–16 years (N = 524). The overall PSQ performance seemed to correspond to previous findings, and internal consistency was supported across gender. A four-factor model of the PSQ showed best fit to the data in both females and males and configural and metric invariance seemed supported. Full scalar invariance was not supported for the four-factor model, implying that cross-group comparisons (between females and males) on latent means may be uncertain and must be interpreted with caution. Concurrent validity with respect to mindfulness (MAAS-A) was preliminary supported. Further studies might be needed to confirm the findings from this study.

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“…In the tool 10 statements (4, 5, 6, 10, 12,14,15,16, 21 and 24) are negative and rest 18 statements are positive. Scores are classified (0-9) as low psychological well being, (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) as intermediate psychological well being and (21-28) as high psychological well being. Higher the score, higher the psychological well being.…”

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“…Social support was most frequently reported factor that helped them to cope up with difficulties. [17] A case control study was conducted in 2008 in Lahore to assess the psychological problems in children of parents with mental illness. Seventy six parents were recruited through interview technique to get a sample of 200 children (100 cases, 100 controls).…”

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Psychological Well Being and Self Esteem among Children (18-25 Years) of Mentally Ill Parents at a Selected Psychiatric Unit, Mangaluru - A Correlational Study

2017

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Introduction: A Large number of children grow up with a parent who has a mental health problem. Parents and children or young people often feel isolated and unsupported when the parent is unwell, which can increase distress and anxiety across the family. Aims and Objectives: To assess the psychological well being among children of mentally ill parents, to determine the self esteem among children of mentally ill parents, to find the correlation between psychological well being and self esteem among children of mentally ill parents, to find the association of psychological well being and self esteem among children of mentally ill parents with selected demographic variables. Study design: descriptive corelational study design. Methods and materials: study was conducted among 100 children (18-25years) of mentally ill parents by using purposive sampling technique. A survey approach was used in the study. Tools used for the study were Demographic Proforma, Psychological well being scale by Bhogle and Jaiprakash and Rosenberg's self esteem scale. Results: Majority, (55%) of the samples found to be having intermediate psychological well-being. 45% of the samples were having high psychological well-being. None of the samples had poor psychological well being. Highest percentage (91%) of subjects had normal level of self-esteem and 6% had low self-esteem and 3% had high self-esteem. There is no significant correlation between the level of Psychological well-being and self esteem scores among children of mentally ill parents. There is a significant association between psychological well being scores and gender (p< 0.034). However the psychological well-being scores with other variables showed no significance at 0.05 levels.

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Children of mentally ill parents—a pilot study of a group intervention program

Cited by 31 publications

References 44 publications

The family talk intervention for families when a parent is cared for in palliative care – potential effects from minor children’s perspectives

The family talk intervention for families when a parent is cared for in palliative care – potential effects from minor children’s perspectives

Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in 15–16 Years Old Norwegian Adolescents

Psychological Well Being and Self Esteem among Children (18-25 Years) of Mentally Ill Parents at a Selected Psychiatric Unit, Mangaluru - A Correlational Study

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