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Parent‐child interaction and adult depression: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Lindelow M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10861.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , childhood depression , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , borough , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , anxiety , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Objective The aim was to examine the relationship between parentxhild interaction in middle childhood and adult depression in a group of women ( n =54) who were studied prospectively. Method The sample was drawn from a longitudinal study of family functioning and children's difficulties in an inner London borough. Statistical methods, implemented in SUDAAN, accounted for the initial multistage sampling. Results The results suggested that indicators of lack of positive parent‐child interaction based on maternal reports when the child was 10 years of age were significantly associated with depression some 20 years later. No parallel association was found between overtly negative aspects of parenting and depression. Conclusion There was some evidence of a link between parent‐child interaction in middle childhood and adult depression, although the mechanism for this remains unclear.