Editorial: Parenting in Mind: Neurodevelopment and the Influence of Children ’s Most Profound Relationship

Parenting style, defined as the context of parenting practice,1 is foundational to research on mother-child relationships because it is observable, amendable to intervention, and influences risk of mental illness in offspring. For example, a recent systematic review demonstrates an association between negative parenting styles and the development of internalizing disorders in children.2 Therapies incorporating parenting style are standard treatment for youth with externalizing disorders. Given that the mother-child relationship is ever-present starting before birth and influences mental health, there is keen interest to elucidate the influence of parenting style on children ’s neurobiological development.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research