Perceptions of the Family, Personality Characteristics, and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms
| Autor: | Joan T. Bihun, Emily Millikan, Marianne Z. Wamboldt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Adolescent Neurotic Disorders Personality Inventory genetic structures media_common.quotation_subject Developmental psychology Diseases in Twins Twins Dizygotic Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Personality Family Internal-External Control Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Depression Social environment Twins Monozygotic Neuroticism Twin study Social relation Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Psychiatry and Mental health Attitude Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 41:1486-1494 |
| ISSN: | 0890-8567 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00004583-200212000-00021 |
| Popis: | Objective: To explore the influences of adolescent self-reported and interviewer-rated perceptions of family functioning, parent perceptions of the family, and adolescent personality on internalizing symptoms. Method: Two hundred one adolescent twins (mean age = 16.2 ± 2.0 years; 90% white) completed the Family Assessment Device (FAD), Eysenck Personality Inventory, Children's Depression Inventory, and Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children and participated in an interview about their relationships with parents. Parents completed the FAD. Twins were divided into two samples for analysis. Results: Multiple regression analyses in sample A showed that adolescent perceptions of family function accounted for 35% of the variance in depressive symptoms, but did not significantly predict anxiety. Self-reported perceptions were more strongly associated with symptoms than were interviewer-rated perceptions. Parent FAD and adolescent neuroticism accounted for 24% of the variance in adolescent self-reported perceptions. Results were similar in sample B. Conclusions: Adolescent perceptions of the family are linked to their depressive symptoms and associated with neuroticism. Adolescents who are high in neuroticism may perceive their families more negatively. Clinicians need to carefully discern components of family function that lead to teen depression versus biased cognitions that lead teenagers to perceive family relationships as negative. |
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