Children and teenagers who live at home with mom or dad who have depressed behavior or emotional problems usually has a behavior problems too.
A study conducted on 21,000 families over 4 years. The study was conducted by interviewing a family member (father, mother, and son) who live on one roof. In this study, respondents who were involved were children aged 5 to 7 years.
Each interview is based on self-assessment mom or dad, who responded to a series of questions. These questions concerned the symptoms of depression in both parents, and how often children encounter problems with parents or friends also the behavior of children at home and at school.
The researchers found one out of 10 children (11 percent) were living with a depressed father showed signs of emotional or behavioral problem.
However, when mothers are depressed, there was actually an increase in 5 of 10 children (19 percent) are showing signs of emotional problems.
The risk of children experiencing behavioral problems will increase to 25 percent (1 in 4 children) when both parents are depressed.
"Parents who are depressed tend to be less attention to their children, tend to have a less positive attitude and exhibit violent behavior, negative and critical," said Jeremy Pettit, a psychologist.
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