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Megan M Hare1, Kathleen E Feeney2, Justin Parent2,3
1Center for Children and Families, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA. mhare@fiu.edu.
Parental depression and anxiety symptoms negatively affect parenting and relationships. Parental anxiety directly impacts child emotion regulation (ER) and emotion stability (ES), even at non-clinical levels.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Parental mental health significantly influences child development.
- Understanding the pathways through which parental symptoms affect children is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the mediating roles of parent emotion functioning, parenting, and coparenting in the link between parental depression/anxiety and child emotion regulation (ER) and emotion stability (ES).
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal mediation analyses were conducted with 564 parents (children aged 3-17) across three time points.
- Data collection involved assessing parental depression and anxiety, parent emotion functioning, parenting behaviors, coparenting relationships, and child ER/ES.
Main Results:
- Parental depression symptoms predicted poorer coparenting and reduced parent emotion identification.
- Parental anxiety symptoms predicted decreased positive parenting, increased negative emotional responses, and difficulties with emotion regulation strategies.
- Parental anxiety symptoms directly predicted lower child ER and ES, with no significant indirect pathways found.
Conclusions:
- Parental mental health symptoms, even at non-clinical levels, negatively impact parenting dynamics and parent's own emotion regulation.
- Parental anxiety symptoms show a direct negative association with child emotion regulation and stability.
- Findings highlight the importance of addressing parental mental health for child well-being.
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