Mothers' Differentiation and Depressive Symptoms among Adult Children

Autor/inn/en	Pillemer, Karl; Suitor, J. Jill; Pardo, Seth; Henderson, Charles, Jr.
Titel	Mothers' Differentiation and Depressive Symptoms among Adult Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 72 (2010) 2, S.333-345 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00703.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Young Adults; Parent Child Relationship; Children; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Conflict; Caregivers; Scores; Well Being; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Konflikt; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Parents' differentiation has been linked to negative psychological and behavioral outcomes in children, adolescents, and young adults. This line of research, however, has not been extended to families in later life. In this article, we use data from 671 mother-child dyads in 275 families in the greater Boston area to explore whether mothers' differentiation among their children is related to psychological well-being among offspring. We examined actual and perceived maternal differentiation in the domains of closeness, expectations for care, and conflict. We hypothesized that depressive symptoms would be higher when mothers differentiated among their children and when adult children perceived differentiation. Although the specific patterns varied somewhat by mothers' and children's reports, the findings indicated that, across all 3 domains, maternal differentiation was related to higher depression scores. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10