Affective symptoms in young children of substance abusers correlate with parental distress.
In families that included a chemically addicted father, the nonsubstance abusing mother was assessed using the Brief Symptom Inventory and her children were assessed for depression using the Children's Depression Inventory. The nonsubstance-abusing mothers were psychologically distressed and their distress correlated (positively for girls and negatively for boys) with their children's depression.
Psychology Division of Social Sciences, St. John's University, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D001155:Art Therapy; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*