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@PHDTHESIS{Hochrath:793578,
author = {Hochrath, Sarah Maria},
othercontributors = {Konrad, Kerstin and Chechko, Natalya},
title = {{P}sychische {A}uffälligkeiten bei {K}indern adoleszenter
{M}ütter im {V}ergleich zu {K}indern adulter {M}ütter: der
{E}influss der mütterlichen {M}entalisierungsfähigkeit},
school = {Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Aachen},
reportid = {RWTH-2020-07030},
pages = {III, 75 Seiten : Illustrationen},
year = {2020},
note = {Zweitveröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH
Aachen University; Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische
Technische Hochschule Aachen, 2020},
abstract = {Children of adolescent mothers are at a higher risk for
adverse developmental outcomes (Coyne et al., 2013; Dahmen
et al., 2013). The exact causes are yet not known (Harden et
al., 2007; Levine et al., 2007). Since recently, reflective
functioning (RF) has been shown to be associated with a
higher risk for the development of psychopathologies in
children (Ensink et al., 2016; Katznelson, 2014). The
purpose of this study was to examine the association between
adolescent motherhood, maternal RF and child behavior
problems. Our hypotheses were that (1) children of
adolescent mothers show significantly more externalizing and
internalizing problems than children of adult mothers
(CBCL); (2) that adolescent mothers` RF skills are
significantly lower than adult mothers` RF skills (RFQ); (3)
that RF mediates the association between adolescent
motherhood and child behavior problems (mediation analysis).
Our sample included 40 mother-child dyads who mostly took
part in a government-funded longitudinal study from 2012
(Teenagemother-Study; TeeMo) (Firk et al., 2015). Based on
maternal age at birth the dyads were divided into two groups
(adolescent < 21years, adult > 25 years). Contrary to our
expectations, no significant differences for behavior
problems were found between the children of the two groups.
As expected, young maternal age was related to lower
maternal RF scores. The mediating effects of RF were
partially found. RF mediated the association between
maternal age and internalizing problems, but not between age
and externalizing problems. On the one hand, our results did
not support adverse developmental outcomes in children of
adolescent mothers. This might be influenced by the young
age of the children in this study (three to five years) (J.
Brooks-Gunn, 1986) or it might be due to the assessment
method used in the current study which was based only on the
maternal rating (Arseneault et al., 2003). Furthermore, our
data showed that adolescent mothers had lower RF skills than
adult mothers (Crugnola et al., 2018). Moreover, maternal RF
mediated the link between maternal age and internalizing
behavior problems in children. Our findings provide evidence
supporting the notion that good RF skills might reduce the
risk of psychopathology in children (Ordway et al., 2014).
For a better understanding of the interaction of these
variables we recommend a longitudinal study measuring
parental RF and its influence on child development over a
longer time period.},
cin = {535520-2},
ddc = {610},
cid = {$I:(DE-82)535520-2_20140620$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.18154/RWTH-2020-07030},
url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/793578},
}
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