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Impact of parental psychopathology: Diagnosis, severity, or social status effects?
Author(s) -
Sameroff Arnold J.,
Seifer Ronald,
Barocas Ralph
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198323)4:3<236::aid-imhj2280040307>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychology , neuroticism , social competence , cognition , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , personality , longitudinal study , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social change , macroeconomics , pathology , social psychology , economics , economic growth
Children with mothers who had a variety of psychiatric disturbances were studied in a longitudinal investigation from birth to four years of age. The children were assessed for cognitive and social‐emotional functioning at each age and the scores related to maternal characteristics. The results were that specific maternal diagnoses of schizophrenia, neurotic depression, and personality disorder had few unique effects on child performance. Social status was the most important factor affecting cognitive development. The severity of the mother's disturbance was the most important factor affecting the child's social‐emotional competence.