The relationship between parental religiosity and mental healthof pre-adolescents in a community sample: the TRAILS study
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Willeke van der Jagt-Jelsma Margreet de Vries-Schot Rint de Jong Frank C. Verhulst Johan rmel Rene´ Veenstra Sophie Swinkels Jan Buitel
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between parental religiosity, parental harmony on the subject of religiosity, and themental health of pre-adolescents. In a community-based sample of 2,230 pre-adolescents (10–12 years), mental health problems were assessed using self-report (Youth Self-Report, YSR), parental report (Child BehaviorChecklist,CBCL) aswell as teacher report (Teacher Checklist for Psychopathology, TCP). Information about the religiosity of mother, the religiosity of father and religious harmony between the parents was obtained by parent report. The influence of maternal religiosity on internalizing symptoms depended on the religious harmony between parents. This was particularly apparent on the CBCL. Higher levels of internalizing symptoms were associated with parental religious disharmony when combined with passive maternal religiosity. Boys scored themselves as having more externalizing symptoms in case of religiously disharmonious parents. The levels of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in pre-adolescents were not influenced by parental religiosity. Religious disharmony between parents is a risk factor for internalizing problems when the mother is passive religious. Religious disharmony is a risk factor on its own for externalizing problems amongst boys. Parental religious activity and parental harmony play a role in the mental health of preadolescents.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2011) 20:253–260 DOI 10.1007/s00787-011-0171-7 Received: 26 November 2010 / Accepted: 25 March 2011 / Published online: 10 April 2011
