The Relation Between Parental Psychopathology and Parent-Reported Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Youth

The current study investigated the relation between parent mental health and problem behaviors in children. It was hypothesized that increases in parental psychopathology would be associated with increases in child internalizing/externalizing behaviors. Results showed that increases in lifetime parental mania symptoms was associated with increased internalizing/externalizing behaviors in their offspring.