Family structure and the mental health of Pakistani Muslim mothers and their children living in Britain.
The relationship between family structure and mental health was examined in a British Pakistani Muslim community. Mothers completed an inventory of psychological symptoms of depression and anxiety while a teacher rated their children's behavioural adjustment. Mothers living in extended families reported feeling more depressed and anxious than those in nuclear families; their children, however, were better adjusted. The significance and reasons for the different patterns of association between family structure and psychological well-being for mothers and children are discussed.
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Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, UK.
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D006113:United Kingdom