Clinical Psychologist ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2022-02-13 , DOI: 10.1080/13284207.2022.2031947 Dianna R. Bartsch 1, 2 , Rachel Roberts 1 , Michael Proeve 1
ABSTRACT
Objectives
Children of parents diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are at greater risk of psychopathology compared to children of healthy controls and parents diagnosed with another mental illness. Parental and child psychopathology are likely to be related via multiple pathways. The current study explored relationships between parental borderline symptom severity, parental empathy, parenting style, and child psychopathology.
Methods
Parents diagnosed with BPD were recruited to participate in an anonymous online survey. Sixty-four parents completed questionnaires assessing borderline symptom severity, parental empathy, and parenting style. Parental reports of child psychopathology were obtained for 64 children (aged 4–17) utilising the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate the relationships between variables. Two three-path serial mediation models were tested.
Results
Parental borderline symptom severity was negatively associated with parental empathy, and positively associated with maladaptive parenting styles. Parental borderline symptom severity was related to child psychopathology via two indirect pathways 1) authoritarian parenting style and 2) through parental empathy’s relationship with authoritarian parenting.
Conclusions
Future research is recommended to develop and evaluate parenting programme for parents experiencing borderline symptoms and their school-aged children.
KEY POINTS
What is already known about this topic:
While many people with borderline symptoms are capable parents, difficulties in some domains of parenting have been identified.
The extant literature has a heavy focus on the perinatal period while studies of school-aged children of parents with borderline symptoms are limited.
Evidence regarding the effectiveness of interventions specific to this population of parents and children remains a gap in the literature.
What this topic adds:
Borderline symptom severity was related to child psychopathology via parental empathy’s association with authoritarian parenting.
Children of parents who experience severe borderline symptoms may benefit from screening for internalising and externalising symptoms to aid early intervention.
Interventions for this specific cohort of parents and children may consider parental psychopathology, parental empathy and maladaptive parenting styles as treatment targets.
中文翻译：
父母边缘症状严重程度、同理心、养育方式和儿童精神病理学之间的关系
摘要
目标
与健康对照组的孩子和被诊断患有另一种精神疾病的父母相比，被诊断患有边缘性人格障碍 (BPD) 的父母的孩子患精神病理学的风险更大。父母和儿童的精神病理学可能通过多种途径相关。目前的研究探讨了父母边缘症状严重程度、父母同理心、养育方式和儿童精神病理学之间的关系。
方法
被诊断患有 BPD 的父母被招募参加一项匿名的在线调查。64 名父母完成了评估临界症状严重程度、父母同理心和养育方式的问卷调查。利用优势和困难问卷获得了 64 名儿童（4-17 岁）的儿童精神病理学父母报告。计算斯皮尔曼等级相关系数以研究变量之间的关系。测试了两个三路径串行中介模型。
结果
父母边缘症状严重程度与父母同理心呈负相关，与不适应的养育方式呈正相关。父母边缘症状严重程度通过两个间接途径与儿童精神病理学相关：1）专制养育方式和 2）通过父母同理心与专制养育的关系。
结论
建议未来的研究为出现边缘症状的父母及其学龄儿童制定和评估育儿计划。
关键点
关于这个主题的已知信息：
虽然许多有边缘症状的人都是有能力的父母，但已经确定了一些育儿领域的困难。
现有文献主要关注围产期，而对父母有边缘症状的学龄儿童的研究有限。
关于针对这群父母和儿童的干预措施的有效性的证据在文献中仍然存在空白。
本主题添加的内容：
通过父母同理心与威权养育的关联，边缘症状严重程度与儿童精神病理学有关。
经历严重边缘症状的父母的孩子可能会受益于筛查内化和外化症状以帮助早期干预。
针对这一特定父母和儿童群体的干预措施可以考虑将父母的精神病理学、父母的同理心和适应不良的养育方式作为治疗目标。
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