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Parenting Behaviors Associated With Risk for Offspring Personality Disorder During Adulthood

Johnson, Jeffrey G., Cohen, Patricia, Chen, Henian, Kasen, Stephanie, Brook, Judith S.·2006·Archives of General Psychiatry

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CONTEXT: Research has suggested that some types of parental child-rearing behavior may be associated with risk for offspring personality disorder (PD), but the association of parenting with offspring PD has not been investigated comprehensively with prospective longitudinal data. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of parental child-rearing behavior with risk for offspring PD during adulthood. DESIGN: The Children in the Community study, a prospective longitudinal investigation. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A community-based sample of 593 families interviewed during childhood (mean age, 6 years), adolescence (mean ages, 14 and 16 years), emerging adulthood (mean age, 22 years), and adulthood (mean age, 33 years) of the offspring. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders. RESULTS: Ten types of parenting behavior that were evident during the child-rearing years were associated with elevated offspring risk for PD during adulthood when childhood behavioral or emotional problems and parental psychiatric disorders were controlled statistically. Parental behavior in the home during the child-rearing years was associated with elevated risk for offspring PD at mean ages of 22 and 33 years. Risk for offspring PD at both assessments increased steadily as a function of the number of problematic parenting behaviors that were evident. Low parental affection or nurturing was associated with elevated risk for offspring antisocial (P = .003), avoidant (P = .01), borderline (P = .002), depressive (P = .02), paranoid (P = .002), schizoid (P = .046), and schizotypal (P<.001) PDs. Aversive parental behavior (eg, harsh punishment) was associated with elevated risk for offspring borderline (P = .001), paranoid (P = .004), passive-aggressive (P = .046), and schizotypal (P = .02) PDs. CONCLUSIONS: Parental behavior during the child-rearing years may be associated with risk for offspring PD that endures into adulthood. This risk may not be attributable to offspring behavioral and emotional problems or parental psychiatric disorder, and it may not diminish over time. Low parental nurturing and aversive parental behavior during child rearing may both be associated with elevated risk for offspring PDs.

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Authors
Johnson, J. G., Cohen, P., Chen, H., Kasen, S., & Brook, J. S.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
Venue
Archives of General Psychiatry
Published
2006-05-01
Volume
63
Issue
5
Pages
579
ISSN
0003-990X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1975217308
Cited by
253
References
60
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FWCI
15.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH060911, MH 49191, MH-36971, MH60911, R01MH049191, R01MH036971)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 03188, R01DA003188)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
parental behavior, personality disorders, offspring, parenting, parental love, harsh punishment, antisocial personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, depressive personality disorder, passive-aggressive personality disorder, parental mental illness, risk factors
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Age Factors, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Family Health, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Personality Disorders, Prospective Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Punishment, Risk Factors, Child of Impaired Parents, Parenting, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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