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The relations among depression in fathers, children's psychopathology, and father–child conflict: a meta-analysis

Kane, Peter, Garber, Judy·2004·Clinical Psychology Review
DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2004.03.004
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Research on parental depression is beginning to recognize the importance of studying fathers in relation to maladaptive outcomes in their offspring. Paternal depression is hypothesized to correlate with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in children and adolescents and to compromise adaptive parent-child relationships (e.g., increased conflict). In the present paper, meta-analytic procedures were applied to this literature to address the magnitude and direction of covariation between paternal depression and children's functioning. In addition, we tested whether variation in findings could be accounted for by study characteristics. Results indicated that paternal depression was significantly related to offspring internalizing and externalizing psychopathology and father-child conflict. Larger effects for internalizing symptoms were associated with the use of community samples and symptom rating scales of internalizing problems.

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  • Family discord has been linked to adolescent depression etiology, but few prospective studies exist, and links between family conflict and anxiety symptoms are little studied.

    “However, although family discord has been linked with the etiology of adolescent depression (see meta-analysis by Kane & Garber, 2004), few prospective studies have been conducted; relations between family conflict and anxiety symptoms are little explored (Epkins & Heckler, 2011).”

    From Prospective Relations between Family Conflict and Adolescent Maladjustment: Security in the Family System as a Mediating Process (2015) · cites this paper as Kane & Garber, 2004

  • The size, mediating factors and timing of paternal depression's effects on children are not well understood.

    “However, the magnitude, mediators and timing is poorly understood (Kane & Garber, 2004;Kvalevaag et al. 2013), particularly with regard to potential critical periods.”

    From The effects of paternal depression on child and adolescent outcomes: A systematic review (2016) · cites this paper as Kane & Garber, 2004

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Authors
Kane, P., & Garber, J.
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Kane, Peter
  • Garber, Judy
ORCID
Garber, Judy
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-07
Volume
24
Issue
3
Pages
339-360
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cpr.2004.03.004
OpenAlex
W1984261921
Cited by
498
References
145
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH57822, T32-MH18921)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD15052)
  • William T. Grant Foundation (96173096)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
paternal depression, father-child conflict, child psychopathology, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, parent-child relationship, offspring outcomes, community sample, symptom rating scales
MeSH terms
Adult, Child, Psychology, Child, Conflict, Psychological, Depression, Father-Child Relations, Fathers, Humans, Male

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