Parentification Among Children Whose Parents Cope With a Serious Mental Illness

NCT01527227 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 84-11
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 130
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The research will examine effects of personal, familial, societal and intergenerational characteristics on parentification, the effects of parentification on the quality of life of the child and what encourages a better quality of life. This research will include 130 children between the ages of 10-18 who live with at least one parent who struggles with serious mental illness in a comparison to 130 children of the same socio-demographic characteristics raised by parents from a non-clinical population. The differences between these two populations with regard to parentification, quality of life, social support and fairness will also be examined. The parents and the children will fill out questionnaires. The research group will be recruited from rehabilitation services, mental health clinics, psychiatric hospitals and social welfare departments with sampling method. The comparison group will be recruited from schools. This research broadens the knowledge of the causes and the repercussions of parentification among children of parents who struggles with serious mental illness in comparison with children raised by parents from a non-clinical population. Few studies have examined children of the mentally ill in Israel, and there are none which examined parentification.

Conditions

Mental Illness

Keywords

Children of mentally ill

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Filial Responsibility Scale-Youth (child fill out)

  Responses to the 34-items are given on a 4-point Likert scale ("not at all true" to "very true") and assess instrumental caregiving (e.g., "I work to make money for my family"),emotional caregiving (e.g., "I often try to keep the peace in my family")and perceived fairness (e.g., "In my family, I am often asked to do more than my share."). Higher scores indicate higher levels of caregiving and perceived fairness.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• The Social Support Appraisals Scale (Dubow & Ullman,1989)(child fill out)

  1 year

• "The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire"; Shelton, Frick & Wootton, 1996 (parent fill out)

  1 year

• Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) (parent fill out)

  1 year

• Social support and social conflict (parent fill out)

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

children of mentally ill

This research will include 130 children between the ages of 10-18 who live with at least one parent who struggles with serious mental illness in a comparison to 130 children of the same socio-demographic characteristics raised by parents from a non-clinical population

Other: questionnaires

Interventions

questionnaires OTHER

The research will examine effects of personal, familial, societal and intergenerational characteristics on parentification, the effects of parentification on the quality of life of the child and what encourages a better quality of life.

children of mentally ill

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The research group will be recruited by the WHO and ICMJE with sampling method. The comparison group will be recruited from schools.

You may qualify if:

• children who live with at least one parent who struggles with serious mental illness

You may not qualify if:

• Arabic children

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hillel Yaffe Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rehabilitation Services

All the Country, Israel, Israel

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 21, 2011
• First Posted: February 6, 2012
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2012
• Study Completion: October 1, 2012
• Last Updated: February 6, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-01

Locations

IL (1)