Naslov
Children at risk for psychopathology: The influence of some parent psychopathology dimensions

Autori
Macuka, Ivana ; Vulić-Prtorić, Anita ; Nekić, Irena ; Sorić, Izabela

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Xth European Congress of Psychology / - Prag : UPA, EFPA, Hewer s.r.o., 2007

ISBN
978-80-7064-017-3

Skup
Xth European Congress of Psychology

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 03.07.2007. - 06.07.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
parent psychopathology; youth problems

Sažetak
Objective: Children of parents with psychopathology symptoms are at greater risk for a variety of other forms of psychological dysfunction. Previous research indicates direct effect of parent’ s psychopathology on adjustment problems among their children. The purpose of this study was to examine relationship between children and parents psychopathology. Also the effects of gender (both children and their parents) on psychopathology symptoms (among children and their parents) were assessed. Method: The research was conducted on the sample of 102 schoolchildren aged 12 to 15 years (66 girls and 36 boys) and their mothers and fathers aged 32 to 61 years. Youth problems were measured with the Youth Self-Report – YSR (Achenbach, 2001) which consist eight syndrome scales: anxious/depressed, withdrawn/depressed, somatic complaints, social problem, thought problems, attention problems, rule-breaking behavior and aggressive behavior. Parent psychopathology was measured with BSI - Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 1993) consisted of nine primary symptoms dimensions: somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation and psychoticism. Results: ANOVA statistical analysis show a gender differences only on subscale rule-breaking behavior in children sample: boys have higher results on this scale than girls. In parents sample the difference occurred in somatization scale where mothers have higher results than fathers. Pearson correlation coefficients shows some significant relationship between different dimensions of parental and children psychopathology: paranoid ideation of parents was positively associated with social problem and attention problems among children, and interpersonal sensitivity of parents was positively associated with aggressive behavior among children. Conclusions: Results show some gender differences among children and parents in some psychopathology classifications. Boys have higher results on rule-breaking behavior subscale, and mothers have higher results on somatization subscale. There are some significant correlation between different dimensions of parental and children psychopathology.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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