Family functioning, parental psychological distress and child behaviours : evidence from the Victorian child health and wellbeing study Renzaho, Andre, Mellor, David, McCabe, Marita and Powell, Martine 2013, Family functioning, parental psychological distress and child behaviours : evidence from the Victorian child health and wellbeing study, Australian psychologist, vol. 48, no. 3, Early view, pp. 217-225, doi: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00059.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads renzaho-familyfunctioning-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 335.5KB 579 Title Family functioning, parental psychological distress and child behaviours : evidence from the Victorian child health and wellbeing study Author(s) Renzaho, Andre Mellor, David orcid.org/0000-0001-5007-5906 McCabe, Marita Powell, Martine orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-1308 Journal name Australian psychologist Volume number 48 Issue number 3 Season Early view Start page 217 End page 225 Total pages 9 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Place of publication Oxford, U. K. Publication date 2013-06 ISSN 0005-0067 1742-9544 Keyword(s) child behaviour difficulties family functioning mental health prosocial behaviour Summary We examined, using data from the 2006 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Study (VCHWS), whether family functioning is associated with parental psychological distress and children’s behavioural difficulties. The VCHWS was a statewide cross-sectional telephone survey to 5,000 randomly selected primary caregivers of 0- to 12-year-old children between October 2005 and March 2006. Only parents or guardians of children aged 4–12 years (n = 3,370) were included in this study. After adjusting for sociodemographic variables and ethnicity, parents or guardians scoring higher on the family functioning scale (i.e., from poorly functioning households) were at greater risk of psychological distress and had children with lower levels of prosocial behaviour and higher levels of behavioural difficulties relative to those from healthily functioning households. Mental health prevention programmes addressing child mental and conduct problems should consider the family environment and target those families functioning poorly. Notes Article first published online 23rd December 2011 Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00059.x Field of Research 111714 Mental Health Socio Economic Objective 920206 Health Inequalities HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2011, The Australian Psychological Society Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30042600 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 22 Feb 2012, 13:26:03 EST Thu, 23 Feb 2012, 10:57:16 EST Thu, 23 Feb 2012, 10:59:34 EST Wed, 21 Nov 2012, 12:03:00 EST Mon, 04 Mar 2013, 10:29:24 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 17:28:48 EST Tue, 25 Jun 2013, 11:35:59 EST Tue, 25 Jun 2013, 11:36:47 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 13:00:00 EST Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 14:43:05 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:29:34 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:47:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 14 times in TR Web of Science Cited 12 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 756 Abstract Views, 579 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 22 Feb 2012, 13:25:53 EST by Jane Moschetti