Quality of Social Relationships and the Development of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth

Autor/inn/en	Schoenfelder, Erin N.; Sandler, Irwin N.; Wolchik, Sharlene; MacKinnon, David
Titel	Quality of Social Relationships and the Development of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 1, S.85-96 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9503-z
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Groups; Caregivers; Mental Health; Depression (Psychology); Parents; Death; Fear; Correlation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Peer Relationship; Anxiety; Interpersonal Relationship; Attachment Behavior; Mental Disorders; Children; Adolescents; Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Psychohygiene; Eltern; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Furcht; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Peer-Beziehungen; Angst; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Fear of abandonment has been found to be associated with mental health problems for youth who have experienced a parent's death. This article examines how youth's fears of abandonment following the death of a parent lead to later depressive symptoms by influencing relationships with caregivers, peers, and romantic partners. Participants were 109 youth ages 7-16 (50% male), assessed 4 times over a 6-year period. The ethnic composition of the sample was non-Hispanic Caucasian (67%), Hispanic (16%), African American (7%), Native American (3%), Asian (1%), and Other (6%). Youth's fears of abandonment by their surviving caregiver during the first year of data collection were related to their anxiety in romantic relationships 6 years later, which, in turn, was associated with depressive symptoms measured at 6 years. Youth's caregiver, peer, and romantic relationships at the 6-year follow-up were related to their concurrent depressive symptoms. The relationship between youth's attachment to their surviving caregiver and their depressive symptoms was stronger for younger participants. Implications of these findings for understanding the development of mental health problems following parental bereavement are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10