Harder D W, Greenwald D F
Psychology Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155.
J Clin Psychol. 1992 Mar;48(2):151-64. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199203)48:2<151::aid-jclp2270480202>3.0.co;2-7.
This study was a longitudinal investigation of 95 families who previously had experienced the psychiatric hospitalization of a parent. Promising and/or proven parent, family interaction, and child predictors of 3-year outcome for the male offspring (beginning ages, 4, 7, and 10) were evaluated comparatively with correlations and multiple regressions. Among parent variables, chronicity of parent disorder and the degree of recovery between acute phases of disorder were broadly predictive of six diverse outcome indices. Variables that reflected diagnostic classifications were notably less successful. Time 1 child IQ was the best preditor of outcome, independent of all others; family interaction quality and degree of recovery were also prominent.
