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Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks.

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Alpert, JE; Petersen, T; Roffi, PA; Papakostas, GI; Freed, R; Smith, MM; Spector, AR; Nierenberg, AA; Rosenbaum, JF; Fava, M
Published in: Psychother Psychosom
2003

BACKGROUND: To examine the emotional and behavioral characteristics of the offspring of depressed parents with and without anger attacks. METHODS: Forty-three parents who met criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) completed the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist - Parent Report Version (CBCL) for each of their birth children (n = 58, age range 6-17 years). Unpaired t tests were used to evaluate the CBCL scale score differences between children of parents with and children of parents without anger attacks. Baseline demographics and clinical differences between the two groups of parents were also evaluated. RESULTS: Parents with anger attacks had a significantly younger age of onset of MDD. Offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks were found to have significantly lower social and school competency scale scores and higher scores for delinquency, attention problems, and aggressive behavior. In addition, this group was found to have a significantly higher total T score (a global measure of psychopathology). CONCLUSIONS: There are some important differences between offspring of depressed parents with and without anger attacks. This finding may be important in identifying and formulating intervention strategies for childhood problems in the offspring of depressed parents.

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Psychother Psychosom

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0033-3190

Publication Date

2003

Volume

72

Issue

2

Start / End Page

102 / 106

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Child of Impaired Parents
  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Child
 

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Alpert, J. E., Petersen, T., Roffi, P. A., Papakostas, G. I., Freed, R., Smith, M. M., … Fava, M. (2003). Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks. Psychother Psychosom, 72(2), 102–106. https://doi.org/10.1159/000068682
Alpert, Jonathan E., Timothy Petersen, Pamela A. Roffi, George I. Papakostas, Rachel Freed, Megan M. Smith, Andrew R. Spector, Andrew A. Nierenberg, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, and Maurizio Fava. “Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks.Psychother Psychosom 72, no. 2 (2003): 102–6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000068682.
Alpert JE, Petersen T, Roffi PA, Papakostas GI, Freed R, Smith MM, et al. Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks. Psychother Psychosom. 2003;72(2):102–6.
Alpert, Jonathan E., et al. “Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks.Psychother Psychosom, vol. 72, no. 2, 2003, pp. 102–06. Pubmed, doi:10.1159/000068682.
Alpert JE, Petersen T, Roffi PA, Papakostas GI, Freed R, Smith MM, Spector AR, Nierenberg AA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M. Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks. Psychother Psychosom. 2003;72(2):102–106.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychother Psychosom

DOI

ISSN

0033-3190

Publication Date

2003

Volume

72

Issue

2

Start / End Page

102 / 106

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Child of Impaired Parents
  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Child