Using six waves of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (2007-2017) and the Childhood Retrospective Circumstances Study (2014) (N = 3,240), this paper estimates how childhood experiences with parental mental health problems shape trajectories of children’s distress in adulthood. Findings indicate that those who experience poor parental mental health have consistently greater distress than their non-exposed counterparts throughout adulthood. More severe and longer exposures to parental mental health problems correspond to even greater distress in adulthood. The gender of the parent afflicted does not predict differences in adult mental health, but those individuals exposed to both maternal and paternal poor mental health have the greatest distress in adulthood. Together, results suggest that parental mental health during children’s formative years is a significant predictor of life course distress and that heterogeneity in this experience corresponds to unique mental health trajectories.

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父母心理健康对儿童成年期痛苦轨迹的长期影响

本文使用收入动态小组研究（2007-2017）和童年回顾性情况研究（2014）（N = 3,240）的六波数据，估计童年经历父母心理健康问题如何塑造儿童成年期痛苦的轨迹. 研究结果表明，那些经历过父母心理健康状况不佳的人在整个成年期一直比未接触过精神健康的人更痛苦。更严重和更长时间地暴露于父母的心理健康问题对应于成年期更大的痛苦。受影响的父母的性别并不能预测成年心理健康的差异，但那些暴露于母亲和父亲心理健康状况不佳的个体在成年期的痛苦最大。一起，