Manjula M, Raguram A
Department of Mental Health and Social Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-29, Karnataka State, India.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2009 Sep;55(5):471-9. doi: 10.1177/0020764008094732.
Much of the work on children of schizophrenic parents has primarily focused on the risk of developing various kinds of psychiatric disorders, behavioural problems and cognitive vulnerability factors. There has been inadequate attention given to children without a clinical diagnosis and particularly the adult offspring of schizophrenic parents. It would be worthwhile to study the wellness or otherwise of these children, especially in terms of the self-concept of these individuals.
To study the impact of parental mental illness on the self-concept of adult children.
Thirty subjects who had one parent diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia formed the study group, and 30 subjects, matched on age and gender with the study group, formed the control group. Subjects were assessed using a socio-demographic and clinical data sheet and a self-concept scale.
The results showed that the study group had significantly poorer self-concept compared to the control group. The current clinical status of the parents had an impact on the family self-esteem of the children. Subjects who were above 10 years of age at the onset of the parental mental illness had a poorer self-concept, as compared to those who were below 10 years at the onset of illness in their parents.
The results provide evidence for poor self-concept in adult children of schizophrenic parents compared to children of normal parents.
关于精神分裂症患者子女的许多研究主要集中在患各种精神疾病、行为问题和认知易损因素的风险上。对于没有临床诊断的儿童，尤其是精神分裂症患者的成年子女，关注不足。研究这些儿童的健康状况（无论好坏）是有价值的，特别是从这些个体的自我概念方面来看。
研究父母精神疾病对成年子女自我概念的影响。
30名有一位被诊断患有精神分裂症的父母的受试者组成研究组，30名在年龄和性别上与研究组匹配的受试者组成对照组。使用社会人口统计学和临床数据表以及自我概念量表对受试者进行评估。
结果显示，与对照组相比，研究组的自我概念明显较差。父母目前的临床状况对子女的家庭自尊有影响。与父母患病时年龄在10岁以下的受试者相比，父母精神疾病发病时年龄在10岁以上的受试者自我概念较差。
结果表明，与正常父母的子女相比，精神分裂症患者的成年子女自我概念较差。
