Journal article
Parental Physical Illnesses and Their Association with Subsequent Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms in Children
L Kinnunen, T Nordström, M Niemelä, S Räsänen, S Whittle, J Miettunen
Journal of Child and Family Studies | Published : 2021
Abstract
Parental physical illnesses can be stressful for children. We estimated the prevalence of children who experience parental physical illnesses, and whether parental physical illnesses during childhood were associated with behavioral problems in adolescence. Data on children from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 was collected through questionnaires at ages 8 and 16 (n = 7037). Data on parental illness diagnosed during this study period was obtained from health registers. We investigated the association between parental physical illness (based on the International Classification of Diseases) and children’s behavioral problems at age 16 (measured by the Youth Self-Report questionnaire). Du..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The NFBC study is funded by EU QLG1-CT-2000-01643 (EUROBLCS) (grant number E51560), NorFA (grant number 731, 20056, 30167), USA/NIH 2000 G DF682 (grant number 50945). This study was supported by the Academy of Finland (J.M., grant numbers 268336, 288960); Finnish Cultural Foundation (L.K., grant number 00160427); Juho Vainio Foundation (L.K., grant number 201610329): The University of Oulu Scholarship Foundation (L.K., grant number 20180212), Olvi-Saatio (L.K.), Niilo Helanderin Saatio (L.K.) and Lastentautien tutkimussaatio (L.K.) and the National Health and Medical Research Foundation (S.W., grant number 1007716). Open access funding provided by University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital.