Cited by 80Family Support in IllnessChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology and Mental Health

Parentification, Stress, and Problem Behavior of Adolescents who have a Parent with Mental Health Problems

Van Loon, Linda M. A., Van de Ven, Monique O. M., Van Doesum, Karin T. M., Hosman, Clemens M. H., Witteman, Cilia L. M.·2017·Family Process

Abstract

When adolescents live with a parent with mental illness, they often partly take over the parental role. Little is known about the consequences of this so-called parentification on the adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems. This survey study examined this effect cross-sectionally and longitudinally in a sample of 118 adolescents living with a parent suffering from mental health problems. In addition, the study examined a possible indirect effect via perceived stress. Path analyses were used to examine the direct associations between parentification and problem behavior as well as the indirect relations via perceived stress. The results showed that parentification was associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems cross-sectionally, but it predicted only internalizing problems 1 year later. An indirect effect of parentification on adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems via perceived stress was found, albeit only cross-sectionally. These findings imply that parentification can be stressful for adolescents who live with a parent with mental health problems, and that a greater awareness of parentification is needed to prevent adolescents from developing internalizing problems.

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Authors
Van Loon, L. M. A., Van de Ven, M. O. M., Van Doesum, K. T. M., Hosman, C. M. H., & Witteman, C. L. M.
Affiliations
  • Behavioural Science Institute Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen The Netherlands
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Venue
Family Process
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-07-24
Volume
56
Issue
1
Pages
141-153
ISSN
  • 0014-7370 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-5300
OpenAlex
W1957250827
Cited by
77
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
FWCI
12.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Family Process (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords
parentification, adolescents, parental mental illness, perceived stress, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, adolescent behavior problems, indirect effects, family caregiving
MeSH terms
Problem Behavior, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Mental Disorders, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Stress, Psychological, Child of Impaired Parents, Parenting

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