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Children of Parents with a Mental Illness: Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life and Determinants of Child–Parent Agreement

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  • Alina Radicke

    (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Claus Barkmann

    (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Bonnie Adema

    (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Anne Daubmann

    (Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Karl Wegscheider

    (Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Silke Wiegand-Grefe

    (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany)

Abstract

(1) Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is frequently reduced in children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI). Child self- and parent proxy-ratings vary with raters’ characteristics and facets of HRQoL. This study aimed at analyzing risk and protective factors associated with HRQoL in COPMI, and at examining the magnitude, direction, and predictors of child–parent agreement. (2) Methods: Analyses were based on baseline data of the German CHIMPS (children of parents with a mental illness) project with n = 134 parents diagnosed with mental illness and n = 198 children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years. (3) Results: Both children and parents reported significantly lower HRQoL than the reference population, particularly for the child’s physical and psychological well-being. Parents’ proxy-report indicated a lower HRQoL than the children’s self-report. Child and parental psychopathology, social support, and the child’s age significantly predicted HRQoL. Interrater agreement was satisfactory and better for observable aspects like physical well-being and school environment. The child’s gender-identity and mental health significantly predicted child–parent agreement. (4) Conclusions: Parental psychopathology significantly reduces children’s HRQoL. Interventions should promote resilience in children by targeting risk and protective factors. Child–parent agreement emphasizes the need to obtain both self- and proxy-reports, whenever possible.

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  • Alina Radicke & Claus Barkmann & Bonnie Adema & Anne Daubmann & Karl Wegscheider & Silke Wiegand-Grefe, 2021. "Children of Parents with a Mental Illness: Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life and Determinants of Child–Parent Agreement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:2:p:379-:d:475551
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    1. Angela Plass-Christl & Anne-Catherine Haller & Christiane Otto & Claus Barkmann & Silke Wiegand-Grefe & Heike Hölling & Michael Schulte-Markwort & Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer & Fionna Klasen, 2017. "Parents with mental health problems and their children in a German population based sample: Results of the BELLA study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(7), pages 1-14, July.
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