Children of mothers with mental ilness: attachment, emotional and behavioural problems

Cunningham, Judi; Harris, Gillian; Vostanis, Panos; Oyebode, Femi; Blissett, Jacqueline

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“…Some of these designs indicate the requirement for caution in basing instruments, such as the SDQ, on one adult informant, particularly if their ratings of a child's mental health could be overreported or underreported depending on the adult's own mental state, for example, in studies with mentally ill parents [13,14]. Multi-informant ratings are particularly important for children with several care placements and/or carers such as those who have been or are looked after by local authorities [15,16] or who are cared for in residential settings [17].…”

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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: research and clinical applications

Vostanis

2006

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: research and clinical applications

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“…Parental illness/disability is one factor which can impinge upon the caregiver's ability to sensitively respond to a child's needs (Armsden & Lewis, 1993;Cunningham, Harris, Vostanis, Oyebode, & Bissett, 2004). While parent-child relationships can be positive even in the context of parental mental illness (Stallard, Norman, Huline-Dickens, Salter, & Cribb, 2006), they have also been found liable to hostility, detachment, and unresponsiveness (Hammen, 1997).…”

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Youth adjustment to parental illness or disability: The role of illness characteristics, caregiving, and attachment

Ireland

Pakenham

2010

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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This study aimed to (1) examine relations between youth adjustment and three sets of predictors: parental illness/disability characteristics, caregiving, and parent-child attachment, and (2) explore differences on these variables between youths of parental physical illness/disability and youths of parental mental illness. Eighty-one youths between 10 and 25 years of a parent with a physical illness/disability (35%) or a mental illness (43%) completed a series of self-report measures assessing perceived characteristics of the parent's illness/disability, caregiving experiences, and adjustment outcomes. Results revealed a set of predictors of poorer youth adjustment: gradual illness/disability onset, being male, isolation, lower perceived maturity, and less choice in caregiving. Youths of parental mental illness differed from youths of parental physical illness/disability on emotional distress (worry and discomfort) dimensions of caregiving. Youth-parent attachment security was associated with youth caregiving and there was a trend for attachment to vary according to parental illness/disability type. Findings highlight young caregiving as an important target for service and policy planning.

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“…study [8], we found to be related to poorer emotional, behavioural and cognitive outcomes, but we used observational and multi-informant assessments. Replication is needed in a larger sample, but the results could be taken to support the notion that a secure child Ámother attachment protects against poor behavioural and cognitive outcomes in this group.…”

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“…Cunningham et al . reported that 21 children of 13 mothers who had been admitted to an MBU showed poorer behavioural and emotional functioning than children in the general population, but comparable rates of attachment insecurity [8]. That study, however, relied solely on mother-reported postal questionnaires and the children were of an unusually wide age range for a developmental study (3 Á12 years).…”

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Mother and Baby Unit Admissions: Feasibility Study Examining Child Outcomes 4–6 Years On

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Warburton

Appleby

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Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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Objective: To compare the cognitive, social cognitive, behavioural, emotional and attachment security outcomes of children whose mothers were admitted to a psychiatric mother and baby unit (MBU) with those of offspring of mothers not admitted and with standardized norms. Method: Children aged 4 Á6 years of mothers admitted (following childbirth) to the dedicated psychiatric MBUs in Manchester, and still living with their mother, were traced for recruitment. Observational and multi-informant measures of developmental functioning were administered during a home visit. Results: From 94 consecutive admissions, 16 children participated and showed no poorer developmental outcomes than comparison children or standardized child norms. Girls, securely attached children and children of mothers with no current mental illness tended to show the most positive outcomes. Conclusion: Possible reasons for low participant recruitment are discussed. Our provisional findings suggest that interventions should focus on improving infant attachment security, targeted at women with psychotic and chronic illness, who have no partner and/or who have a male child.

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Children of mothers with mental ilness: attachment, emotional and behavioural problems

Cited by 24 publications

References 14 publications

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: research and clinical applications

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: research and clinical applications

Youth adjustment to parental illness or disability: The role of illness characteristics, caregiving, and attachment

Mother and Baby Unit Admissions: Feasibility Study Examining Child Outcomes 4–6 Years On

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