Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life of Parents With Mental Illness.

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can be reduced in parents with mental illness (mental illness) who face the dual demands of disabling symptoms and their impact on family, social, and occupational life. This study aimed at analyzing the influence of various factors on HRQoL in parents with mental illness. Baseline data of the German randomized controlled multicenter project CHIMPS (children of parents with mental illness) was used for analyses.

Parents With Mental Illness: Parental Coping Behavior and Its Association With Children's Mental Health.

The relevance of coping behavior for the individual's own mental health has been widely investigated. However, research on the association between coping of parents with a mental illness and their children's mental health is scarce. In the current study, we address the role of several parental coping strategies and their relation to child psychological symptoms.

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness: Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life and Determinants of Child-Parent Agreement.

(1) Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is frequently reduced in children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI). Child self- and parent proxy-ratings vary with raters' characteristics and facets of HRQoL. This study aimed at analyzing risk and protective factors associated with HRQoL in COPMI, and at examining the magnitude, direction, and predictors of child-parent agreement.