%0 Journal Article
%T Associations of Symptom Severity of Mentally Ill Parents on Family Functioning and ChildrenĄ¯s Mental Health
%A Till Elbracht
%A Mareike Busmann
%A Bonnie Adema
%A Anne Daubmann
%A Reinhold Kilian
%A Sibylle Winter
%A Martin Lambert
%A Karl Wegscheider
%A Silke Wiegand-Grefe
%J Psychology
%P 213-230
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2023.142013
%X <strong>Background:</strong> Parental mental illness has a negative impact on childrenĄ¯s mental health. Often, the entire family structure suffers from the consequences of parental illness. <strong>Purpose:</strong> For future interventions, it is important to examine the impact of specific factors such as parental symptom severity on childrenĄ¯s mental health and family functioning. <strong>Method:</strong> The sample of this study included <em>N</em> = 203 parents with mental illness with a total of <em>N</em> = 309 children. Parents completed questionnaires on symptom severity. ChildrenĄ¯s mental health symptoms were rated by parents and children and family functioning was assessed from the childrenĄ¯s perspective. <strong>Results:</strong> Mixed linear models showed a significant impact of parental symptom severity on childrenĄ¯s mental health from both parentsĄ¯ and childrenĄ¯s perspectives. No significant impact of symptom severity on perceived family functioning from the childrenĄ¯s perspective was found. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Results underline the importance of personalized interventions in terms of parental symptom severity to minimize negative outcomes for children and the whole family.
%K Mentally Ill Parents
%K Symptom Severity
%K ChildrenĄ¯s Mental Health
%K Family Functioning
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=123152