Psychological trajectories of mothers and fathers following their child's diagnosis of a life-threatening illness or injury: A longitudinal investigation.
J Clin Psychol
; 75(10): 1930-1942, 2019 10.
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| ID: mdl-31254362
ABSTRACT
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.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Ferimentos e Lesões
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Sintomas Comportamentais
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Estado Terminal
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Pai
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Mães
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália