What can we learn? Adult outcomes in children of seriously mentally ill mothers

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-104

  O'Connell, Kathleen LeClear ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult outcomes; Children of mentally ill mothers; Seriously mentally ill

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249111975     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2008.00136.x     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Ackerson, B. (2003). Parents with serious and persistent mental illness: Issues in assessment and services. Social Work, 48 (2), 187-194.
2. Antonovsky, A. (1998). The structure and property of the Sense of Coherence Scale. In H. McCubbin, E. Thompson, A. Thompson & J. Fromer (Eds.), Stress, coping, and health in families: Sense of coherence and resiliency. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
3. Atkins, F. D. (1992). An uncertain future: Children of mentally ill parents. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 30 (8), 13-16.
4. Azar, S. T. (2001). Family research and the law: Can family research help Solomon? Contributions and challenges. In J. P. McHales & W. S. Grolnick (Eds.), Retrospect and prospect in the psychological study of families. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
5. Bassett, H., Lampe, J., & Lloyd, C. (2001). Living with under-fives: A programme for parents with a mental illness. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64 (1), 23-28.
6. Beardslee, W. R., Versage, E. M., & Gladstone, T. R. (1998). Children of affectively ill parents: A review of the past 10 years. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(11), 1134-1141.
7. Beck, A. T., & Steer, R. A. (1984). Internal consistencies of the original and revised Beck Depression Inventory. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40(6), 1365-1367.
8. Bhavnagri, N. P., & Parke, R. D. (1991). Parents as direct facilitators of peer relationships: Effects of age of child and sex of parent. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 8(3), 423-440.
9. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1986). Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives. Developmental Psychology, 22(6), 723-742.
10. Bryant, B. K. (1985). The neighborhood walk: Sources of support in middle childhood. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 50(3), 1-115.
11. Buckwalter, K. C., Kerfoot, K., & Stolley, J. M. (1988). Children of affectively ill parents. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 26(10), 8-14.
12. Burke, J., Chandy, J., Dannerbeck, A., & Watt, J. (1998). The parental environment cluster model of child neglect: An integrative model. Child Welfare, 77(4), 389-405.
13. Burr, W., Falek, A., Strauss, I., & Brown, S. (1979). Fertility in psychiatric outpatients. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 30, 527-531.
14. Cederblad, M., Dahlin, L., Hagnell, O., & Hansson, K. (1994). Intelligence and temperament as protective factors for mental health: A cross-sectional and prospective epidemiological study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 245(1), 11-19.
15. Cicchetti, D., Rogosch, F. A., Lynch, M., & Holt, K. D. (1993). Resilience in maltreated children: Processes leading to adaptive outcome. Development & Psychopathology, 5(4), 629-647 (special issue: Milestones in the development of resilience).
16. Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L. (1995). A developmental psychopathology perspective on child abuse and neglect. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(5), 541-563.
17. Cicchetti, D., Toth, S. L., & Lynch, M. (1995). Bowlby's dream comes full circle: The application of attachment theory to risk and psychopathology. In T. H. Ollendick & R. J. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in Clinical Child Psychology (Vol. 17), pp. 1-75. New York: Plenum Press.
18. DeChillo, N., Matorin, S., & Hallahan, C. (1987). Children of psychiatric patients: Rarely seen or heard. Health and Social Work, 12, 296-302.
19. Ellis, E. M. (2001). Guidelines for conducting parental fitness evaluations. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 19(1), 5-40.
20. Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L., Adamo, U., Rock, D., Roberts, S., Bassett, A., Squires-Wheeler, E., et al. (1997). The New York High-Risk Project: Prevalence and comobidity of Axis I disorders in offspring of schizophrenic parents at 25-year follow-up. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54(12), 1096-1102.
21. Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L., Squires-Wheeler, E., Adamo, U., Bassett, A., Cornblatt, B., Kestenbaum, C., et al. (1995). The New York High-Risk Project: Psychoses and Cluster A personality disorders in offspring of schizophrenic parents at 23 years of follow-up. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52(10), 857-865.
22. Feldman, R. S., Salzinger, S., Rosario, M., & Alvarado, L. (1995). Parent, teacher, and peer ratings of physically abused and nonmaltreated children's behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 23(3), 317-334.
23. Ferrans, C., & Powers, M. (1985). Quality of Life Index: Development and psychometric properties. Advances in Nursing Science, 8, 15-24.
24. Goodman, S. H. (1987). Emory University project on children of disturbed parents. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 13(3), 411-423.
25. Heinzer, M. M. (1995). Loss of a parent in childhood: Attachment and coping in a model of adolescent resilience. Holistic Nursing Practice, 9(3), 27-37.
26. Honig, A. S. (1986). Stress and coping in Children. Part 2: Interpersonal Family Relationships. Young Children, 41(5), 47-59.
27. Keller, M. B., Beardslee, W. R., Dorer, D. J., Lavori, P. W., Samuelson, H., & Klerman, G. R. (1986). Impact of severity and chronicity of parental affective illness on adaptive functioning and psychopathology in children. Archives of General Psychiatry, 43, 930-937.
28. Kendler, K. S., & Gardner, C. O. (1997). The risk for psychiatric disorders in relatives of schizophrenia and control probands: A comparison of three independent studies. Psychological Medicine, 27, 411-419.
29. Kendler, K. S., McGuire, M., Gruenberg, A, Spellman, A. M., O'Hare, M., & Walsh, D. (1993a). The Roscommon Family Study: II. The risk of nonschizophrenic nonaffective psychoses in relatives. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50(8), 645-652.
30. Kendler, K. S., McGuire, M., Gruenberg, A. M., O'Hare, A., Spellman, M., & Walsh, D. (1993b). The Roscommon Family Study: III. Schizophrenia-related personality disorders in relatives. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50(10), 781-788.
31. Kotch, J. B., Browne, D. C., Dufort, V., & Winsor, J. (1999). Predicting child maltreatment in the first 4 years of life from characteristics assessed in the neonatal period. Child Abuse & Neglect, 23(4), 305- 319.
32. Lane, A., Mulvany, M., & Kinsella, A. (1992). Evidence for increased fertility in married male schizophrenics. Schizophrenia Research, 6, 94.
33. Lewis, S. (1992). Sex and schizophrenia: Vive la difference. British Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 157-161.
34. Luthar, S. S., & Cicchetti, D. (2000). The construct of resilience: Implications for interventions and social policies. Development and Psychopathology, 12(4), 857-885.
35. Luthar, S. S., Cicchetti, D., & Becker, B. (2000). The constructs of resilience: A critical evaluation and guidelines for future work. Child Development, 71(3), 543-562.
36. Marchant, M., & Young, K. R. (2001). The effects of a parent coach on parents' acquisition and implementation of parenting skills. Education and Treatment of Children, 24(3), 351-373.
37. Marsh, D. T. (1999). Serious mental illness: Opportunities for family practitioners. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 7(4), 358-366.
38. Marsh, D. T., Lefley, H. P., Evans-Rhodes, D., Ansell, V. I., Doerzbacher, B. M., LaBarbera, L., & Paluzzi, J. E. (1996). The family experience of mental illness: Evidence for resilience. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 20(2), 3-12.
39. Masten, A., Best, K., & Garmezy, N. (1990). Resilience and development: Contributions from the study of children who overcome adversity. Development and Psychopathology, 2, 425-444.
40. Masten, A. S. (2001). Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development. American Psychologist, 56(3), 227-238.
41. Masten, A. S., & Coatsworth, J. D. (1998). The development of competence in favorable and unfavorable environments. American Psychologist, 53(2), 205-220.
42. Masten, A. S., Hubbard, J. J., Gest, S. D., Tellegen, A., Garmezy, N., & Ramirez, M. (1999). Competence in the context of adversity: Pathway to resilience and maladaptation from childhood to late adolescence. Development and Psychopatholgy, 11(1), 143- 169.
43. McLennan, J. D., & Ganguli, R. (1999). Family planning and parenthood needs of women with severe mental illness: Clinicians' perspective. Community Mental Health Journal, 35(4), 369-380.
44. McPeak, W. R. (1989). Family intervention models and chronic mental illness: New implications from Family Systems Theory. Community Alternatives, 1(2), 53-63.
45. Mince, J. (2001). Integration of the family therapy specialist into public school pupil personnel services. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 21(1), 139-157.
46. O'Connell, K. L. (2002). The Mother-Child Attachment Scale (Retrospective). Unpublished manuscript.
47. O'Connell, K. L. (2003). Authoritative Parenting in Mothers Measure- Retrospective. Unpublished manuscript.
48. Oates, M. (1997). Patients as parents: The risk to children. British Journal of Psychiatry, 170(32), 22-27.
49. Oyserman, D., Mowbray, C. T., & Zemencuk, J. (1994). Resources and supports for mothers with severe mental illness. Health and Social Work, 19(2), 132-143.
50. Pölkki, P., Ervast, S., & Huupponen, M. (2004). Coping and resilience of children of a mentally ill parent. Social Work in Health Care, 39(1/2), 151-163.
51. Riedford, K. B. (1997). Sibling offspring of alcoholic parents: Variations among stressors, resources, coping styles, biological vulnerability and adjustment in sibling groups. AAT 9806623. Indiana University School of Nursing: Indianapolis, IN.
52. Rodnick, H. R., & Goldstein, M. J. (1974). Premorbid adjustment and the recovery of mothering function in acute schizophrenic women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 83, 623-628.
53. Rogosch, F. A., Mowbray, C. T., & Bogat, G. A. (1992). Determinants of parenting attitudes in mothers with severe psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 4, 469-487.
54. Rosenberg, C. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
55. Rutter, M. (1966). Children of sick parents: An environment and psychiatric study. Institute of Psychiatry Maudsley, Monograph No. 16. London: Oxford University Press.
56. Rutter, M. (1980). The long-term effects of early experience. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 22, 800-815.
57. Rutter, M. (1999). Psychosocial adversity and child psychopathology. British Journal of Psychiatry, 174(6), 480-493.
58. Rutter, M. & Quinton, D. (1984). Parental psychiatric disorder: Effects on children. Psychology & Medicine, 14, 853-880.
59. Silverman, M. M. (1989). Children of psychiatrically ill parents: A prevention perspective. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 40(12), 1257-1265.
60. Taylor, B., Brooks, J., Phanidis, J., & Rossmo, K. (1991). Services for Vancouver street youth: An integrated delivery model. Journal of Child & Youth Care, 6(3), 49-61.
61. U.S. Census Bureau (2001). Found online at http://www.census.gov/ main/www/cen2000.html.
62. Werner, E. (1986). Resilient offspring of alcoholics: A longitudinal study from birth to age 18. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 47, 34-40.
63. Werner, E. E., & Smith, R. S. (1998). Vulnerable but invincible: A longitudinal study of resilient children and youth. New York: Adams- Bannister-Cox.