title: [Do Attachment Styles of Mentally Ill Parents Impact on the Health-related Quality of Life of their Children?].
abstract: Do Attachment Styles of Mentally Ill Parents Impact on the Health-related Quality of Life of their Children? Parents with a mental disorder often display a problematic attachment style which may impact on their children's health related quality of life (HrQoL). The current study cross-sectionally examines attachment styles (BEPE) in mentally ill parents with underage children (n = 62) and the effect of attachment on their children's HrQoL (KINDL-R). Results show that secure attachment is less represented in parents with a mental health condition than in a healthy reference group. Within the clinical sample, children of mentally ill parents with a secure attachment style exhibit a higher HrQoL than children of mentally ill parents with ambivalent or avoidant attachment styles. These findings indicate not only that problematic attachment styles frequently occur in families with a mentally ill parent, but also suggest that this negatively affects the children's HrQoL. Appropriate interventions should include attachment oriented concepts.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, -psychotherapie und -psychosomatik des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiegand-Grefe
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck.
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bomba
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychologie, Universität Hamburg.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tönnies
authors.affiliation: Institut und Poliklinik für medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bullinger
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, -psychotherapie und -psychosomatik des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plass
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Bindung; Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern; attachment; children of mentally ill parents; gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität; health-related quality of life; mental disorder; psychische Störung