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Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder

Parental Substance Use Disorder (SUD) constitutes a high-risk condition for parent-child interactions and child development. Empirical evidence indicates high rates of psychopathology and neuropsychological impairments in individuals with SUD. Despite research indicating that parenting skills are re...

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Autores principales: Porreca, Alessio, Biringen, Zeynep, Parolin, Micol, Saunders, Hannah, Ballarotto, Giulia, Simonelli, Alessandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29888268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5359037
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author Porreca, Alessio
Biringen, Zeynep
Parolin, Micol
Saunders, Hannah
Ballarotto, Giulia
Simonelli, Alessandra
author_facet Porreca, Alessio
Biringen, Zeynep
Parolin, Micol
Saunders, Hannah
Ballarotto, Giulia
Simonelli, Alessandra
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description Parental Substance Use Disorder (SUD) constitutes a high-risk condition for parent-child interactions and child development. Empirical evidence indicates high rates of psychopathology and neuropsychological impairments in individuals with SUD. Despite research indicating that parenting skills are related to psychological well-being and cognitive/neuropsychological functioning, prior studies have not examined the associations between these areas of parental functioning and the quality of parent-child interactions in the context of SUD. Aim(s). The present study adopts an integrated perspective to investigate the way in which maternal neuropsychological functioning and psychopathology are associated with mother-child emotional availability (EA), in the context of parental Substance Use Disorder. Methods. Twenty-nine mothers with SUD were assessed in interaction with their children, as well as with respect to their neuropsychological functioning and psychopathology. Results. In this group, high rates of maternal neuropsychological impairments and psychopathology, as well as generally low levels of EA, were uncovered. Regression analyses showed that maternal neuropsychological functioning was significantly associated with mother-child EA, specifically sensitivity; the role of maternal psychopathology, however, was only marginally significant. Conclusion. In the context of SUD, maternal neuropsychological impairments are significantly associated with mother-child EA. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-59851262018-06-10 Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder Porreca, Alessio Biringen, Zeynep Parolin, Micol Saunders, Hannah Ballarotto, Giulia Simonelli, Alessandra Biomed Res Int Research Article Parental Substance Use Disorder (SUD) constitutes a high-risk condition for parent-child interactions and child development. Empirical evidence indicates high rates of psychopathology and neuropsychological impairments in individuals with SUD. Despite research indicating that parenting skills are related to psychological well-being and cognitive/neuropsychological functioning, prior studies have not examined the associations between these areas of parental functioning and the quality of parent-child interactions in the context of SUD. Aim(s). The present study adopts an integrated perspective to investigate the way in which maternal neuropsychological functioning and psychopathology are associated with mother-child emotional availability (EA), in the context of parental Substance Use Disorder. Methods. Twenty-nine mothers with SUD were assessed in interaction with their children, as well as with respect to their neuropsychological functioning and psychopathology. Results. In this group, high rates of maternal neuropsychological impairments and psychopathology, as well as generally low levels of EA, were uncovered. Regression analyses showed that maternal neuropsychological functioning was significantly associated with mother-child EA, specifically sensitivity; the role of maternal psychopathology, however, was only marginally significant. Conclusion. In the context of SUD, maternal neuropsychological impairments are significantly associated with mother-child EA. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed. Hindawi 2018-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5985126/ /pubmed/29888268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5359037 Text en Copyright © 2018 Alessio Porreca et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder
title Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder
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title_full_unstemmed Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder
title_short Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder
title_sort emotional availability, neuropsychological functioning, and psychopathology: the context of parental substance use disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29888268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5359037
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