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Family functioning, parental psychological distress and child behaviours : evidence from the Victorian child health and wellbeing study
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posted on 2013-06-01, 00:00 authored by Andre Renzaho, David MellorDavid Mellor, M McCabe, Martine PowellWe examined, using data from the 2006 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Study (VCHWS), whether family functioning is associated with parental psychological distress and children’s behavioural difficulties. The VCHWS was a statewide cross-sectional telephone survey to 5,000 randomly selected primary caregivers of 0- to 12-year-old children between October 2005 and March 2006. Only parents or guardians of children aged 4–12 years (n = 3,370) were included in this study. After adjusting for sociodemographic variables and ethnicity, parents or guardians scoring higher on the family functioning scale (i.e., from poorly functioning households) were at greater risk of psychological distress and had children with lower levels of prosocial behaviour and higher levels of behavioural difficulties relative to those from healthily functioning households. Mental health prevention programmes addressing child mental and conduct problems should consider the family environment and target those families functioning poorly.
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Australian psychologistVolume
48Issue
3Season
Early viewPagination
217 - 225Publisher
John Wiley & SonsLocation
Oxford, U. K.Publisher DOI
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0005-0067eISSN
1742-9544Language
engNotes
Article first published online 23rd December 2011Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2011, The Australian Psychological SocietyUsage metrics
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