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ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2024

Transgenerational transmission of psychopathology: when are adaptive emotion regulation strategies protective in children?

Arleta A Luczejko, Naomi Leona Werkmann, K Hagelweide, R Stark, S Weigelt, H Christiansen, M Kieser, K Otto, C Reck, R Steinmayr and 4 more

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Arleta A LuczejkoDepartment of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394, Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Naomi Leona WerkmannDepartment of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394, Giessen, Giessen, Germany. naomi.werkmann@psychol.uni-giessen.de.
K HagelweideDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
R StarkDepartment of Psychotherapy and Systems Neuroscience, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
S WeigeltDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
H ChristiansenDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
M KieserInstitute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
K OttoDepartment of Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
C ReckDepartment of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
R SteinmayrDepartment of Psychology, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
L WirthweinDepartment of Psychology, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
A-L ZietlowClinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
C SchwenckDepartment of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394, Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 01GL1748C
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Abstract

backgroundChildren of parents with a mental illness (COPMI) have multiple psychological and developmental risks, including an increased lifetime risk of developing a mental illness themselves. Emotion regulation (ER) has been identified as a potential underlying mechanism of the transgenerational transmission of mental disorders. This study compares ER strategies in parents with and without a mental illness and their children. Further, it aims to examine the relationship between parents and children's psychopathology with a focus on the role of parental and child ER.

methodsParticipants were 96 COPMI (77% female) and 99 children of parents without mental illness (COPWMI, 83% female) aged 4-16 years and their parents. Psychopathology and ER strategies of parents and children were assessed with a series of questionnaires.

resultsBoth COPMI and their parents showed significantly more psychopathology and more maladaptive and adaptive ER strategies in comparison with COPWMI and their parents. Parent and child adaptive ER strategies mediated the relationship between the psychopathology of parents and children only when child maladaptive ER strategies were low.

conclusionsThe findings further our understanding of the processes by which parental psychopathology affects child outcomes. Our findings highlight the importance of implementing preventive programs that specifically target the reduction of maladaptive ER in children to interrupt the transgenerational transmission of psychopathological symptoms.

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Adaptive emotion regulation strategiesEmotion regulationMaladaptive emotion regulation strategiesParental mental illnessPreventionPsychopathologyTransgenerational transmission of mental disorders

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