Resilience in high-risk adolescents of mothers with recurrent depressive disorder: the contribution of fathers : Sussex Research Online

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Mahedy, Liam, Harold, Gordon T, Maughan, Barbara, Gardner, Frances, Araya, Ricardo, Bevan Jones, Rhys, Hammerton, Gemma, Sellers, Ruth, Thapar, Anita and Collishaw, Stephan (2018) Resilience in high-risk adolescents of mothers with recurrent depressive disorder: the contribution of fathers. Journal of Adolescence, 65. pp. 207-218. ISSN 0140-1971

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.016

Abstract

This study examines the role of paternal emotional support as a resilience promoter in offspring of mothers with depression by considering the role of fathers’ mental health and the quality of the couple relationship. Two hundred and sixty-five mothers with recurrent unipolar depression, partners and adolescents from Wales were assessed. Paternal emotional support, couple relationship quality, and paternal depression were assessed at baseline; adolescent mental health symptoms were assessed using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment at follow-up. Results showed evidence of an indirect pathway whereby couple relationship quality predicted paternal emotional support (β=-.21, 95% CI [-.34, -.08]; p=.002) which in turn predicted adolescent depression (β=-.18, 95% CI [-.33, -.04]; p=.02), but not disruptive behaviours (β=-.10, 95% CI [-.26, .40]; p=.21), after controlling for relevant confounders. The findings highlight that fathers and the broader family system play an important role in enhancing resilience to depression symptoms in at-risk adolescents.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	maternal depression, resilience, fathers, emotional support, adolescents
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Research Centres and Groups:	Andrew and Virginia Rudd Centre for Adoption Research and Practice
Depositing User:	Ellena Adams
Date Deposited:	20 Apr 2018 14:09
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2018 12:30
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/75294

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