Parental and Offspring Psychopathology: Can Parents with Problems be Effective?

Author

Courtney P. Sparks

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

McKinney, Cliff

Committee Member

Winer, E. Samuel

Committee Member

Keeley, Jared Wayne

Date of Degree

8-15-2014

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Applied Psychology

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Psychology

Abstract

Research has established a link between parental psychopathology, perceptions of parents, and child outcomes. Separately, negative perceptions of a parent and parental psychopathology are associated with negative outcomes. However, a stronger relationship may exist when these factors are combined. Current research indicates that children tend to view a parent with psychopathology more negatively and consequently are at a greater risk for psychopathology. Less research examines the outcomes of children who hold positive perceptions of a parent with psychopathology, as well as the effects of perceptions of parents on emerging adults. The current study tested a model where perceptions of parents moderated the relationship between parental psychopathology and emerging adult psychopathology. Results indicated that holding positive perceptions of a parent with internalizing problems puts an emerging adult at a greater risk for internalizing problems, whereas the effect of parental psychopathology and perceptions of parents on emerging adult externalizing problems was unclear.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19747

Comments

Parental psychopathology||perceptions of parents||emerging adult psychopathology

Recommended Citation

Sparks, Courtney P., "Parental and Offspring Psychopathology: Can Parents with Problems be Effective?" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 3444.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3444