Father caused by depression or behavioral problems in children
On November 7, the magazine online edition of Pediatrics published a study shows that fathers depression may lead to emotional or behavior problems in children. Previously, for a study on effects of mothers with depression on children is common, this is the first time a researcher looking at fathers mental state effects on children.
Market·welcomes small pediatric experts led the researchers of the Faculty of New York University study on statistical data collected between 2004 and 2008, statistics involving 22,000 United States aged 5 to 17 years old and their parents.
Researchers judging are according to respondents to answer the questions of their slump. These objects do not have people diagnosed as depression.
Statistics showed that young respondents, 7.5% people with behavioral or emotional problems. Where, at the age of 12 to 17 years of age living with smokers, male, white, and the highest proportion of adolescent depression problems occurs.
Living with depression in mothers of children, 20% downturn occurred; and father living child of depression, depression scale appears at 16%; children living in parental depression, depression is 25%; children living in the parents are not downturn, depression of only 6% per cent.
Significant
Researchers say, there are no perfect parent relationships between recession and depression in children.
Weizmann guess, wrong ways of exchanges between parents and children may be depression, let your child become the same depression and vice versa.
United States Science Website quoted Weitzman reports: ” A mother’s depression or other mental health problems affecting countless articles to their children, but this is the first study on fathers. ”
He said that the past few people pay attention to fathers on parental influence. “I think that depression is the most serious and most neglected public health problem”.
Weizmann said that in the next few years, will continue to increase in the number of adults suffering from depression, recession, unemployment and other problems will affect the mental health of adults, and thus affect the next generation.
Change of mindset
Researchers hope that the study results help changing concepts of health practitioners, attention to the spirit of the father’s health effects on children.
Of course, the result does not mean that parents with mental health problems. Children will definitely have the same problem.
Childcare and children’re Medical Center. Professor of Psychology at Yale University asylum·kidding said: “The best thing you can do for children is to keep their own physical and mental health. ”
He said, the research results are no longer simply blame mother’s negative impact on children, he suggested that the parents of recession “to seek treatment, which can make changes in the way you communicate with children”.
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