Resilience in high-risk adolescents of mothers with recurrent depressive disorder: the contribution of fathers

Mahedy, Liam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5417-6595, Harold, Gordon T., Maughan, Barbara, Gardner, Frances, Araya, Ricardo, Bevan Jones, Rhys, Hammerton, Gemma, Sellers, Ruth, Thapar, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-737X and Collishaw, Stephan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-820X 2018. Resilience in high-risk adolescents of mothers with recurrent depressive disorder: the contribution of fathers. Journal of Adolescence 65 , pp. 207-218. 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.016

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Abstract

This study examines the role of paternal emotional support as a resilience promoter in offspring of mothers with depression by considering the role of fathers' mental health and the quality of the couple relationship. Two hundred and sixty-five mothers with recurrent unipolar depression, partners and adolescents from Wales were assessed. Paternal emotional support, couple relationship quality, and paternal depression were assessed at baseline; adolescent mental health symptoms were assessed using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment at follow-up. Results showed evidence of an indirect pathway whereby couple relationship quality predicted paternal emotional support (β = −.21, 95% CI [−.34, −.08]; p = .002) which in turn predicted adolescent depression (β = −.18, 95% CI [−.33, −.04]; p = .02), but not disruptive behaviours (β = −.08, 95% CI [−.22, .07]; p = .30), after controlling for relevant confounders. The findings highlight that fathers and the broader family system play an important role in enhancing resilience to depression symptoms in at-risk adolescents.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Additional Information:	Open Access funded by Economic and Social Research Council
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0140-1971
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 April 2018
Date of Acceptance:	27 March 2018
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2023 18:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/110452

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