Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children
Abstract Parental physical illnesses can be stressful for children. We estimated the prevalence of children who experience parental physical illnesses, and whether parental physical illnesses during childhood were associated with behavioral problems in adolescence. Data on children from the Northern...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2021120358727 2023-07-30T04:05:49+02:00 Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children Kinnunen, L. (Lotta) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Niemelä, M. (Mika) Räsänen, S. (Sami) Whittle, S. (Sarah) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021120358727 eng eng Springer Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Behavioral problems Children Externalizing problems Internalizing problems Parental somatic illness info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:58:38Z Abstract Parental physical illnesses can be stressful for children. We estimated the prevalence of children who experience parental physical illnesses, and whether parental physical illnesses during childhood were associated with behavioral problems in adolescence. Data on children from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 was collected through questionnaires at ages 8 and 16 (n = 7037). Data on parental illness diagnosed during this study period was obtained from health registers. We investigated the association between parental physical illness (based on the International Classification of Diseases) and children’s behavioral problems at age 16 (measured by the Youth Self-Report questionnaire). During the study period, 3887 (55.2%) children had a parent with at least one physical illness. Associations were found between parental physical illness and children’s behavioral problems, with most associations found between maternal illness and males’ externalizing problems, and females’ internalizing problems. After adjusting for child behavioral problems at age 8, parental psychiatric illness and socioeconomic status, and multiple testing correction, only associations between parental physical illness and male behavioral problems were significant. Interestingly, parental illness was associated with lower problems. A notable proportion of children experience parental physical illnesses. Although mixed, our findings suggest that the impact of parental physical illness on children’s behavioral problems is complex, and that the experience of parental illness may lead to resilience in males. This study emphasizes that children’s needs should be taken into account when treating a parent with physical illness. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Behavioral problems Children Externalizing problems Internalizing problems Parental somatic illness Kinnunen, L. (Lotta) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Niemelä, M. (Mika) Räsänen, S. (Sami) Whittle, S. (Sarah) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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Abstract Parental physical illnesses can be stressful for children. We estimated the prevalence of children who experience parental physical illnesses, and whether parental physical illnesses during childhood were associated with behavioral problems in adolescence. Data on children from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 was collected through questionnaires at ages 8 and 16 (n = 7037). Data on parental illness diagnosed during this study period was obtained from health registers. We investigated the association between parental physical illness (based on the International Classification of Diseases) and children’s behavioral problems at age 16 (measured by the Youth Self-Report questionnaire). During the study period, 3887 (55.2%) children had a parent with at least one physical illness. Associations were found between parental physical illness and children’s behavioral problems, with most associations found between maternal illness and males’ externalizing problems, and females’ internalizing problems. After adjusting for child behavioral problems at age 8, parental psychiatric illness and socioeconomic status, and multiple testing correction, only associations between parental physical illness and male behavioral problems were significant. Interestingly, parental illness was associated with lower problems. A notable proportion of children experience parental physical illnesses. Although mixed, our findings suggest that the impact of parental physical illness on children’s behavioral problems is complex, and that the experience of parental illness may lead to resilience in males. This study emphasizes that children’s needs should be taken into account when treating a parent with physical illness. |
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Kinnunen, L. (Lotta) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Niemelä, M. (Mika) Räsänen, S. (Sami) Whittle, S. (Sarah) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) |
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Kinnunen, L. (Lotta) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Niemelä, M. (Mika) Räsänen, S. (Sami) Whittle, S. (Sarah) Miettunen, J. (Jouko) |
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Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children |
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Northern Finland |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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