Parental rearing behaviour, family atmosphere and adult depression: a pilot study with psychiatric inpatients.
In a sample of 72 depressed inpatients the relationships between severity of depression, emotional family atmosphere and perceived parental rearing were studied at admission, discharge and follow-up. The results indicate that paternal rejection and overprotection might be of particular importance for developing social skills used to form close relationships, whereas maternal emotional warmth seems to have a preventive effect by promoting emotional stability.
Richter
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J
Wilh.-Pieck Universität, Rostock, German Democratic Republic.
Richter
G
G
Eisemann
M
M
D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012059:Rejection, Psychology