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.
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Psychology Division of Social Sciences, St. John's University, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA.
Drucker
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Moore-Russell
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Avaltroni
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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*