The impact of paternal mental illness on child development: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
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| Title: | The impact of paternal mental illness on child development: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. |
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| Authors: | Scarlett, Honor, Moirangthem, Simi, van der Waerden, Judith |
| Source: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Nov2024, Vol. 33 Issue 11, p3693-3706. 14p. |
| Subjects: | Psychology of fathers, Mental illness, Children of parents with disabilities, Confidence, Educational tests & measurements, Meta-analysis, Descriptive statistics, Systematic reviews, Odds ratio, Child development, Confidence intervals, Psychosocial factors, Child behavior |
| Abstract: | Whilst there is growing evidence highlighting the importance of paternal mental illness (PMI) on child development, this relationship still remains under-studied and often over-looked. Considering the increasingly active role of fathers in their children's upbringing, a comprehensive overview of the impact of PMI on child development is overdue. This study aimed to combine and synthesise currently available evidence on the relationship between PMI and multiple domains of child development. Narrative synthesis of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the relationship between PMI and child development (mental health and social, emotional, language, cognitive or adaptive behaviour), published between 1980 to December 2021, was conducted in line with PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Review quality was assessed based on AMSTAR-2 criteria and respective study confidence was interpreted in line with GRADE scoring. All relevant meta-analytic effect sizes were converted to odds ratios (OR) and grouped using a random effects model. Grouped meta-analyses saw PMI to have a significant, detrimental effect on all studied domains of child development [OR: 1.54; 95% CI (1.36–1.74)]. Subgroup analyses saw PMI affecting both internalising [OR: 1.62; 95% CI (1.27–2.08)] and externalising [OR: 1.63; 95% CI (1.28–2.08)] child behaviours to a similar extent. However, included reviews were of poor methodological quality, demonstrating either low or critically low confidence. These results show a consistent and influential effect of PMI on child development. The relationship between fathers' mental illness and child development warrants further investigation, as current research is limited in scope, particularly regarding cognitive domains of child development and non-affective PMI diagnoses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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