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Parenting Stress as a Predictor of Age Upon Admission to a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Facility

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The current study examined child symptoms and parenting stress as predictors of children’s age upon admission to a psychiatric inpatient facility. The children (N = 252) ranged from 6 to 12 years of age; most were male (71%) and over half were African American (59%). Externalizing behavior symptoms were associated with a younger age upon admission and internalizing behavior symptoms were associated with an older age. Parental social isolation was associated with a younger child’s age upon admission, whereas difficulty with parental attachment was associated with an older age.

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  1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Paula J. Fite

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA

    Laura Stoppelbein & Leilani Greening

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Preparation of this manuscript was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA018016) awarded to Paula Fite. We would like to thank the families who participated in the study.

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Fite, P.J., Stoppelbein, L. & Greening, L. Parenting Stress as a Predictor of Age Upon Admission to a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Facility. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 39, 171–183 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-007-0080-7

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