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  • Title: The relationship between mutual family relations and child psychopathology.
    Author: Mathijssen JJ, Koot HM, Verhulst FC, De Bruyn EE, Oud JH.
    Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry; 1998 May; 39(4):477-87. PubMed ID: 9599776.
    Abstract:
    The associations of the mutual mother-child, father-child, and mother-father relationship and various patterns of family relations with child psychopathology were investigated in a sample of 137 families referred to outpatient mental health services. Assessment of the relative association of the different family dyads showed that both the mother-child and the mother-father relationship were related to child problem behaviour. However, whereas the mother-child relationship was consistently more related to externalising behaviour, the mother-father relationship was particularly related to internalising behaviour. Our findings gave clear support for the cumulative risk model: having more negatively qualified relationships was associated with more problem behaviour. Furthermore, our results suggested a protective influence of the parent-child relationship: having one or two positive parent-child relationships was associated with less problem behaviour. No support was found for the cross-generational coalition hypothesis. Implications for future research are discussed.
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