Family functioning and psychopathology among adolescents with severe emotional disturbances

Abstract

Family psychosocial functioning and its relation to psychopathology among adolescents with severe emotional disturbances (SED) was assessed. Subjects were 353 adolescents with SED, ages 12-18, and their parents. During a semi-structured interview, adolescents were administered Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES-III), Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Child Version (DISC-C), and the Self-Derogation Scale. Parents were administered FACES-IIII and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in a phone interview. Results indicated that on the FACES-IIII cohesion dimension, both parents and adolescents perceived their family relations as more disengaged and less connected than did normative families (p less than .001). In contrast, only parent FACES-IIII adaptability scores were significantly more extreme than a normative sample (p less than .01). Additionally, both parent and adolescent cohesion scores were significantly correlated with adolescent psychopathology measures: DISC-C conduct disorder (p less than .01), depression (p less than .05), alcohol/marijuana (p less than .01), and CBCL externalizing symptoms (p less than .01). These relationships did not deviate from linearity.

Adolescents' relationships with their mothers and fathers: Associations with depressive disorder and subdiagnostic symptomatology.

“…The published version is available at http://www.apa.org/journals/abn/ NIH Public Access The most widely-reported finding with regard to family processes is that depression is inversely related to the level of support, attachment, and approval adolescents experience in the family environment. This result has been replicated in both community (e.g., Avison & McAlpine, 1992;Garrison, Jackson, Marsteller, McKeown, & Addy, 1990;McFarlane, et al, 1994;Scaramella, Conger, & Simons, 1999) and clinical samples (e.g., Pavlidis & McCauley, 2001;Prange, Greenbaum, Silver, Friedman, Kutash, & Duchnowski, 1992;Sheeber & Sorensen, 1998). Depression has also been found to be associated with parent and adolescent reports of conflictual family interactions (Stark, Humphrey, Crook, & Lewis, 1990;Cole & McPherson, 1993;Sheeber & Sorensen, 1998).…”

The environment of child maltreatment: contextual factors and the development of psychopathology

“…Similar fi ndings occur in non-abusive samples. An investigation of adolescents and their parents showed that low cohesion scores were associated with conduct-disordered behaviors, depression, and substance abuse (Prange et al, 1992). Family adaptability scores were correlated with conduct-disordered behaviors and anxiety (Prange et al, 1992).…”

Relation entre les comportements interpersonnels et la dépression chez des adolescents en fonction du genre /

“…De plus, la dépression est 33 inversement reliée au soutien, à l'attachement et à l'approbation apportés par la famille (Armsden, McCauley, Greenberg, Burke, & Mitchell, 1990;Avison & McAlpine, 1992;Barrera & Garrison-Jones, 1992;Hops, Lewinsohn, Andrews, & Roberts, 1990;Kandel & Davies, 1982;McFarlane, Bellissimo, Norman & Lange, 1994;Prange, Greenbaum, Silver, Friedman, Kutash & Duchnowski, 1992). Des adolescents déprimés rapportent que leurs parents sont moins chaleureux (Heights, Field, Diego & Sanders, 2001;Rey, 1995) et leur fournissent moins de soutien comparativement aux adolescents non déprimés (Hoffman & Su, 1998 (Garber, Robinson, Valentiner, 1997;Rey, 1995).…”

“…En effet, plusieurs chercheurs ayant mesuré des variables semblables à 79 l'appartenance / implication dans la relation en lien avec la dépression observent une relation négative entre ces deux variables. Ainsi, une corrélation négative est remarquée entre le soutien, l'attachement et l'approbation en provenance de la famille et la dépression chez des adolescents (Armsden, McCauley, Greenberg, Burke, & Mitchell, 1990;Avison & McAlpine, 1992;Barrera & Garrison-Jones, 1992;Hops, Lewinsohn, Andrews, & Roberts, 1990;Kandel & Davies, 1982;McFarlane, Bellissimo, Norman & Lange, 1994;Prange, Greenbaum, Silver, Friedman, Kutash & Duchnowski, 1992). Les adolescents qui reçoivent du soutien des deux parents présentent moins de symptômes dépressifs que ceux vivant avec un ou deux parents non soutenants (Patten, Gillin, Farkas, Gilpin, Berry, & Pierce, 1997).…”