Mother–Child Relationship Quality in the Presence of Maternal Mental Disorders: Do Self‐Report and Behavioural Observation Differ?
Mental disorders affect not only mothers themselves but also their children and partners. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) in particular is thought to impact the mother–child relationship, but comparisons with mothers with other mental disorders are scarce. Many studies use questionnaires witho...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 1 - 14 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=193280230&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 193280230 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10633995 BUX jtl: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy issn: 10633995 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 33 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 193280230 193280230 193280230 10.1002/cpp.70227 193280230 ppf: 1 ppct: 13 formats: tig: atl: Mother–Child Relationship Quality in the Presence of Maternal Mental Disorders: Do Self‐Report and Behavioural Observation Differ? aug: au: Jung, Anne Kumsta, Robert Renneberg, Babette Schneider, Silvia Heinrichs, Nina affil: Department of Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany sug: subj: Mental Disorders Mothers Psychosocial Factors Mother-Child Relations Evaluation Self Report Funding Source Germany Human Descriptive Statistics Two-Way Analysis of Variance Questionnaires Post Hoc Analysis Checklists Data Analysis Software Borderline Personality Disorder Anxiety Depression Maternal Attitudes Parenting Frustration ab: Mental disorders affect not only mothers themselves but also their children and partners. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) in particular is thought to impact the mother–child relationship, but comparisons with mothers with other mental disorders are scarce. Many studies use questionnaires without examining if self‐report corresponds to observable behaviour. We assessed the perceived mother–child relationship using the Parenting Relationship Questionnaire and the Child Relationship Behaviour Inventory in three groups: (1) mothers with BPD, (2) mothers with anxiety and/or depression and (3) mothers without mental disorders with preschool children. Additionally, mother–child interactions during free‐play and structured tasks were video‐recorded and coded using the Coding Interactive Behaviour system. Compared with mothers without mental disorders, both clinical groups perceived their relationship with the child, their own parenting skills and their children's behaviour as less positive. Mothers with BPD felt less confident and more frustrated than those with anxiety and/or depression. No significant group differences emerged in observed behaviour (e.g., sensitivity, intrusiveness), and correlations between self‐report and observation were low. Overall, mothers with BPD face similar challenges as mothers with anxiety or depressive disorders, but they experience particular distress when it comes to relating to and controlling their child's affect. While mothers in both clinical groups are able to foster positive relationships with their children in a controlled laboratory setting, they find it difficult to maintain these skills permanently (e.g., during negative child affect). Trial Registration: DRKS‐ID: DRKS00020460 Summary: Mothers with BPD, as well as those with anxiety or depression, perceive their parenting and the relationship with their child more negatively than mothers without mental disorders.Mothers with BPD in particular report high frustration in parenting.In terms of observed parenting behaviour, mothers with BPD did not differ from those with anxiety or depression, or from those without mental disorders.Despite self‐reported difficulties, all groups—including clinical—were able to foster positive interactions with their children in controlled observation settings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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