Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:479-482
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Perceptions of parenting in childhood and social support in adulthood
G Parker and B Barnett
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia.
A group of primiparous women in Australia rated their parents' attitudes
and behaviors toward them as children as well as perceived levels of social
support shortly after the birth of their first child and 1 year later.
After any bias that might have been introduced by neurotic perception of
interpersonal relationships had been controlled for, analyses showed a
consistent link over time between reports of perceived deficiencies in both
maternal care during childhood and in the availability of close supportive
relationships during adulthood. This study supports and extends findings
from a 1986 U.S. study.
