Parenting an Adult Child With Bipolar Disorder in Later Life
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study extends prior research on family caregiving in mental illness by investigating late-life parenting of adult children with bipolar disorder using a randomly selected community-based sample. The health and mental health, psychological well-being, marriage, work-life, and social resources of 145 parents of adult children with bipolar disorder were examined when parents were in their mid-60s. Stratified random sampling procedures were used to select a comparison group whose children did not have disabilities. Results indicate that parents of adult children with bipolar disorder had a more compromised profile of health and mental health, and experienced more difficulties in marriage and work-life than comparison parents. Furthermore, parents of adult children with bipolar disorder who were diagnosed with mental illness before the onset of their child's symptoms were more vulnerable on multiple dimensions of mental health, psychological well-being, and work-life than parents without a preexisting mental illness.
Institutions: Brown University, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1382562507, G2048968519, G2460512201, G269329910, G2954138468, The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: Tracking the Life Course, NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD, G6376995420, Waisman Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Research Training on Families and Mental Health Services, G886047226
OpenAlex ID: W2003149743