1. Examining the Relationship Between Parent and Child Psychopathology in Treatment-Seeking Veterans
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Zalta, Alyson K, Bui, Eric, Karnik, Niranjan S, Held, Philip, Laifer, Lauren M, Sager, Julia C, Zou, Denise, Rauch, Paula K, Simon, Naomi M, Pollack, Mark H, and Ohye, Bonnie
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Psychology ,Mental Health ,Depression ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Brain Disorders ,Mental health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Anxiety Disorders ,Child ,Child ,Preschool ,Depressive Disorder ,Female ,Humans ,Male ,Parent-Child Relations ,Parenting ,Parents ,Stress Disorders ,Post-Traumatic ,Veterans ,Veteran ,Military ,Child psychopathology ,Parenting sense of competence ,Clinical Sciences ,Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine ,Developmental & Child Psychology ,Clinical sciences ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
This study aimed to examine: (1) the relationship between parental psychopathology and child psychopathology in military families and (2) parenting sense of competence as a mediator of the relationship between veteran psychopathology and child psychopathology. As part of their standard clinical evaluations, 215 treatment-seeking veterans who reported having a child between the ages of 4 and 17 were assessed for psychopathology (posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and stress), their sense of competence as a parent, and their child's psychopathology (internalizing, externalizing, and attentional symptoms). A path analysis model examining parenting sense of competence as a mediator of the relationship between veteran psychopathology and child psychopathology showed significant indirect effects of veteran depression on all child psychopathology outcomes via parenting sense of competence. Parental sense of competence may be a critical mechanism linking veteran depression and child psychopathology, and may therefore be an important target for intervention.
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- 2018