TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents of adolescents with psychiatric disorders
T2 - Insight into the disorder, self-stigma and parental stress
AU - Hasson-Ohayon, Ilanit
AU - Tuval-Mashiach, Rivka
AU - Morag-Yaffe, Mayad
AU - Gaziel, Meyrav
AU - Schapir, Lior
AU - Zalsman, Gil
AU - Shoval, Gal
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Background Parents of adolescents with mental disorders experience stress partially due to the way they perceive and experience their offspring's disorder. The current study assessed the mediator role of self-stigma in the relationship between insight into the disorder and parental stress of parents of adolescents with mental disorders. Method A total of 37 parents of adolescents with psychiatric disorders were assessed for their level of insight, self-stigma and parental stress. Results The hypothesized mediation model was confirmed and is consistent with previous study on parents of adults with severe mental illness. Discussion The positive association between insight and parental stress is mediated by these parents' self-stigma, suggesting that insight increases the self-stigma, which in turn increases the parental stress. These results may have clinical implications with regard to the treatment of the family of adolescents with mental disorders.
AB - Background Parents of adolescents with mental disorders experience stress partially due to the way they perceive and experience their offspring's disorder. The current study assessed the mediator role of self-stigma in the relationship between insight into the disorder and parental stress of parents of adolescents with mental disorders. Method A total of 37 parents of adolescents with psychiatric disorders were assessed for their level of insight, self-stigma and parental stress. Results The hypothesized mediation model was confirmed and is consistent with previous study on parents of adults with severe mental illness. Discussion The positive association between insight and parental stress is mediated by these parents' self-stigma, suggesting that insight increases the self-stigma, which in turn increases the parental stress. These results may have clinical implications with regard to the treatment of the family of adolescents with mental disorders.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.03.003
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C2 - 24742719
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 55
SP - 1106
EP - 1110
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -