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The Relation Between Parent Personality Traits and Children Psychopathology: A Pilot Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

L.A. Oliveira ,
T. Cartaxo ,
J. Ferreira ,
M. Marques ,
S. Neiva ,
D. Cardoso ,
C. Ferreira ,
R. Gonçalves ,
M. Laureano  and
C. Araújo
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L.A. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Department of Medical Psychology, Coimbra, Portugal
T. Cartaxo
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
J. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
M. Marques
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
S. Neiva
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
D. Cardoso
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
R. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
M. Laureano
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Araújo
Affiliation:
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Coimbra, Portugal
A.T. Pereira
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Department of Medical Psychology, Coimbra, Portugal
A. Macedo
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Department of Medical Psychology, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

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Introduction

Personality plays a crucial role in a person's behavior, emotions and cognitive patterns and shows an important relationship with several variables such as marital status, mental disorders or parenting models. However, little is known about the relation between the parental Big Five personality traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) and children psychopathology regardless of the diagnostic of their offspring.

Objectives

To analyze the correlation between parents’ Big Five personality traits and their children categorical diagnosis and psychopathology score.

Methods

The authors recruited 105 children in the outpatient unit of the child and adolescent psychiatry department of the pediatric hospital of Coimbra and their 117 parents. Parents were assessed using the Portuguese version of Neo Five-Factor Inventory and children psychopathology scores were rated by child and adolescent psychiatrists using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children.

Results

Forty-nine children (46.7%) were male and 56 (53.3%) were female, with a mean age of 12.5 ± 3.2 and 13.6 ± 2.9, respectively. Twenty parents (17.1%) were male and 97 (82.9%) were female, with a mean age of 45.8 ± 4.1 and 41.2 ± 5.4, respectively. After excluding children diagnosed with Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders and intellectual developmental disorder, Pearson's correlation coefficients were significant between: parents’ neuroticism and children Uncooperativeness (0.211), Manipulativeness (0.238), Hallucinations (0.257), Sleep difficulties (0.296) and Disorientation (0.204); parents’ agreeableness and children hostility (−0.228); and parent's conscientiousness and children disorientation (−0.231), all P < 0.05.

Conclusions

These preliminary results suggest that parental personality traits may influence psychopathological outcomes in their children. Data are still being collected to clarify the nature of this relationship.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Personality and Personality Disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S258
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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