Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance
This study primarily examined the predictive role of emotional and behavioral disorders in family cohesion and the moderating role of parenting alliance. Adolescents’ mental health issues are a major concern, with important implications for individuals and their families. However, the impact of ment...
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| author | Sofía Baena Lucía Jiménez Bárbara Lorence Mᵃ Victoria Hidalgo |
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| description | This study primarily examined the predictive role of emotional and behavioral disorders in family cohesion and the moderating role of parenting alliance. Adolescents’ mental health issues are a major concern, with important implications for individuals and their families. However, the impact of mental disorders on family processes has been less widely studied. Participants in this study were 72 parents of adolescent beneficiaries of mental health services. Questionnaires assessed family cohesion, parenting alliance, and sociodemographic factors. Results indicated that emotional and behavioral disorders did not have an influence on family cohesion. They also suggested that parenting alliance may be a protective factor for family cohesion. This paper highlights the role of parenting alliance as a potential protective factor in positive family processes. These findings support the importance of focusing on the parental subsystem in therapy, and the need to incorporate a positive parenting perspective when working with these families. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7c3b9ef243f40649dc17acbc58fcc9a2023-11-21T10:22:05ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672021-03-018322210.3390/children8030222Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting AllianceSofía Baena0Lucía Jiménez1Bárbara Lorence2Mᵃ Victoria Hidalgo3Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Seville, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Seville, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Seville, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Seville, SpainThis study primarily examined the predictive role of emotional and behavioral disorders in family cohesion and the moderating role of parenting alliance. Adolescents’ mental health issues are a major concern, with important implications for individuals and their families. However, the impact of mental disorders on family processes has been less widely studied. Participants in this study were 72 parents of adolescent beneficiaries of mental health services. Questionnaires assessed family cohesion, parenting alliance, and sociodemographic factors. Results indicated that emotional and behavioral disorders did not have an influence on family cohesion. They also suggested that parenting alliance may be a protective factor for family cohesion. This paper highlights the role of parenting alliance as a potential protective factor in positive family processes. These findings support the importance of focusing on the parental subsystem in therapy, and the need to incorporate a positive parenting perspective when working with these families.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/222adolescencecoparentingfamily processesmental health disorderspublic health |
| spellingShingle | Sofía Baena Lucía Jiménez Bárbara Lorence Mᵃ Victoria Hidalgo Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance Children adolescence coparenting family processes mental health disorders public health |
| title | Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance |
| title_full | Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance |
| title_fullStr | Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance |
| title_short | Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance |
| title_sort | family functioning in families of adolescents with mental health disorders the role of parenting alliance |
| topic | adolescence coparenting family processes mental health disorders public health |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/222 |
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