Three-generation households and child mental health in European countries.
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| Title: | Three-generation households and child mental health in European countries. |
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| Authors: | Masfety, Viviane Kovess (AUTHOR), Aarnink, Carlijn (AUTHOR), Otten, Roy (AUTHOR), Bitfoi, Adina (AUTHOR), Mihova, Zlatka (AUTHOR), Lesinskiene, Sigita (AUTHOR), Carta, Mauro Giovanni (AUTHOR), Goelitz, Dietmar (AUTHOR), Husky, Mathilde (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Apr2019, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p427-436. 10p. |
| Subjects: | Children's health, Mental health, Households, Health of school children, Older people, Children of people with mental illness, Parent-child relationships |
| Geographic Terms: | Europe, Eastern Europe |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | <bold>Purpose: </bold>To evaluate the associations between the presence of a grand parent at home that is three-generation household, with children mental health in diverse countries whether this situation is frequent or not.<bold>Methods: </bold>Data from the School Children Mental Health in Europe cross-sectional survey in six countries (n = 4582) were used to examine the association between three-generation households and child mental health across Europe. The parent and teacher Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was combined to assess child mental clinical problems.<bold>Results: </bold>Overall, 25.13% of European families live with at least one grandparent: 5.46% in Western and 29.70% in Eastern Europe. Controlling for key sociodemographic variables and for country of residence, the presence of a grandparent is associated with an increased risk for child mental health problems in the total sample (OR 1.37, p = 0.002). In two-parent homes, the effect of the presence of a grandparent is significant (OR 1.40, p = 0.026), while it is not in single-parent homes. In each country, the presence of a grandparent is a risk for either externalizing or internalizing problems.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Programs may be developed to educate elderly people to better respect their children's role as parents so having a grandparent in the home can become an asset for family members rather than a burden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09337954 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00127-018-1640-9 |
