Psychological trajectories of mothers and fathers following their child's diagnosis of a life-threatening illness or injury: A longitudinal investigation
| Autor: | Anica Dimovski, Vicki Anderson, Maria C. McCarthy, Frank Muscara, Kylie Burke, Simone Darling, Stephen Hearps, Jan M. Nicholson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Critical Illness Psychological intervention Mothers Disease Behavioral Symptoms 03 medical and health sciences Fathers 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry Child Depression (differential diagnoses) 05 social sciences Stressor Infant Middle Aged Mental health 030227 psychiatry Clinical Psychology Distress Child Preschool Anxiety Wounds and Injuries Female medicine.symptom Psychology Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical psychology. 75(10) |
| ISSN: | 1097-4679 |
| Popis: | Objective: Explore the mental health trajectories of parents following their child's life-threatening illness/injury. Methods: Participants were 217 parents (mean age: 34.9–40.0; 66 fathers) of 165 children who presented to a tertiary hospital with a life-threatening illness/injury. Parents completed questionnaires about their mental health and psychosocial stressors within 4 weeks of the child's illness/injury (T1), and 4 months (T2), 7 months (T3), and 19 months (T4) postdiagnosis. Results: For both mothers and fathers, mental health symptoms were elevated at diagnosis declining to normal levels by T3, with a pattern of increase at T4. Fathers demonstrated a faster decline in symptoms between T1 and T2, and fathers, but not mothers, experienced a relapse in depressive symptoms at T4. Fathers reported higher rates of work changes. Conclusions: These findings have important implications for the design and timing of parental interventions to support families of children with life-threatening disease/injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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