Adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing symptom trajectories in relation to early-life parental depressive symptoms

While risk factors for children's internalizing and externalizing symptom trajectories have been widely studied, their association with parental depressive symptom trajectories has yet to be explored. We used data from a prospective birth cohort of 2,542 Czech children and their parents. Childr...

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Veröffentlicht in:European psychiatry Jg. 68; H. 1; S. e111
Hauptverfasser: Csajbók, Zsófia, Brennan Kearns, Pavla
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England Cambridge University Press 14.07.2025
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Behavioral Symptoms - epidemiology
Child
Child of Impaired Parents - psychology
Child of Impaired Parents - statistics & numerical data
Children & youth
Czech Republic - epidemiology
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Families & family life
Female
Humans
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity
latent trajectories
Likert scale
Longitudinal studies
Male
Mental depression
Mental health
Obstetrics
parallel processes
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Prospective Studies
Questionnaires
relationship maintenance
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic factors
Young adults
Czech Republic
latent trajectories
parallel processes
relationship maintenance
mental health
ISSN:0924-9338, 1778-3585, 1778-3585
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Zusammenfassung:While risk factors for children's internalizing and externalizing symptom trajectories have been widely studied, their association with parental depressive symptom trajectories has yet to be explored. We used data from a prospective birth cohort of 2,542 Czech children and their parents. Children reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms at ages 11, 15, and 18 years. Parental depressive symptoms were assessed eight times from the prenatal period to the child's age of 11 years. Latent Class Growth Mixture Modeling identified parallel trajectories of children's symptoms. Five parental depressive symptom trajectories were adopted from previous research. We identified four distinct classes of children's symptom trajectories: (1) low internalizing and low externalizing (64%), (2) low internalizing and high externalizing (8%), (3) elevated internalizing and elevated externalizing (19%), and (4) high internalizing and elevated externalizing symptoms (9%). Children were more likely to experience any symptoms if their mothers had elevated depressive symptoms. High maternal and paternal depressive symptoms were associated with high internalizing and elevated externalizing symptoms in children. Constantly depressed mothers with elevated depressive symptoms in fathers had a high likelihood of any symptom trajectories in children. Other strong predictors of children's symptom trajectories included parental relationship status (e.g., divorce), prior abortion, as well as children's sex, urban versus rural residence, stressful life events, and self-esteem. Parents' and children's mental health trajectories are interconnected. Given the strong influence of parental relationship dynamics on both parental and child mental health, interventions should prioritize mitigating relationship strains to support family well-being.
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ISSN:0924-9338
1778-3585
1778-3585
DOI:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10067