Impact of Parental Mental Health on Child

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Abstract

The research focuses on different aspects of parent health, and their effect on children. Additionally the intention of the research was to understand the problems that children may face because of their parent's mental health. In the UK alone, an estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older-• about one in four adults-suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year (Kessler et al., 2005). Children's lives can significantly be affected directly or indirectly by parental mental illness. Approximately half of the men and women in the UK report a lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorder, and one-third report the prevalence of at least one disorder in the previous 12 months. Fathers' parenting skills can be disrupted from total separation to the lack of communication or withdrawal which is often associated with paternal depression. These can specifically damage very young children who are trying to form attachment. Older children tend to have a greater understanding and tolerance of their father's behaviours (Bilsborough, 2004, Smith, 2004, Hove, 2005, Maclean and Harrison, 2009: 96). Children who grow up in a climate of social adversity, family dysfunction and breakdown often have difficulty successfully integrating into society which will be hampered by the presence of diagnosable parental mental illness particularly fathers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Study1

Affected children lives2

Individual representation2

Developmental Outcomes for Offspring of Mentally III Parents3

Aims and Objectives4

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW5

Correlation between fathers' mental disorders and their children's developmental5

Young carers and father's mental health6

Impact of fathers' depression on child developmental outcome7

Theoretical Perspective7

Feminist Theory8

Broffenbrener's (1979) ecological systems theory8

Involvement of communities9

Sense of Self-Efficacy10

Environmental Factors11

Parental Practices and Child Behaviour13

In reference to ethnic minorities14

Parenting Dimensions and Practices16

Leading to suicide17

Precision Parenting18

Social Domain Theory19

Tripartite Parenting Behaviours20

Quality of family life21

Mental Health Treatment22

Chronicity, Severity, and Timing of Parental Mental Illness23

Adult monitoring24

Access to Peers26

Girl involvement28

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY30

Research Methodology30

Data Analysis31

The Research Limitations32

Interviews32

The standardized, open-ended interviews33

Closed fixed-response interview33

Data Collection33

Sampling Method34

Participants34

CHAPTER 04: RESULT AND DISCUSSION35

Parenting skills35

Employment difficulties36

Cooperation between adult and Children's Services37

Importance of wider support networks37

CHAPTER 05: LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY39

CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS40

Participation in social leisure activities41

REFERENCES43

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

The research focuses on different aspects of parent health, and their effect on children. Additionally the intention of the research was to understand the problems that children may face because of their parent's mental health. Because of the nature of the research, an explanatory research is ...