Title
Does Poor Mental Health Influence Parenting Behavior among Substance Use Disorder Parents? An Examination across Father Only and Dual Couples with a Substance Use Disorder
Description/Abstract
This presentation will examine father only and dual parent substance abuse on parents’ reports of depression, anxiety, and hostility, and their children’s reports of mothers’ and fathers’ acceptance, psychological control, knowledge of youth’s whereabouts. Controlling for mothers’ mental health symptoms, fathers’ depressive symptoms and anxiety were associated with higher maternal knowledge of children’s whereabouts. Controlling for fathers’ mental health symptoms, higher reports of depression, anxiety, and hostility for mothers were associated with lower paternal knowledge of children’s whereabouts. Other findings demonstrated the importance of parents’ mental health symptoms by family type for parenting, especially father only families with substance use.
Presentation Type
Event
Disciplines
Psychology
Location
Learning Commons @ Perry Library Conference Room 1311
Start Date
2-13-2016 11:30 AM
End Date
2-13-2016 12:30 PM
Full Text of Presentation
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Does Poor Mental Health Influence Parenting Behavior among Substance Use Disorder Parents? An Examination across Father Only and Dual Couples with a Substance Use Disorder
Learning Commons @ Perry Library Conference Room 1311
This presentation will examine father only and dual parent substance abuse on parents’ reports of depression, anxiety, and hostility, and their children’s reports of mothers’ and fathers’ acceptance, psychological control, knowledge of youth’s whereabouts. Controlling for mothers’ mental health symptoms, fathers’ depressive symptoms and anxiety were associated with higher maternal knowledge of children’s whereabouts. Controlling for fathers’ mental health symptoms, higher reports of depression, anxiety, and hostility for mothers were associated with lower paternal knowledge of children’s whereabouts. Other findings demonstrated the importance of parents’ mental health symptoms by family type for parenting, especially father only families with substance use.
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Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michelle L. Kelley