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15/05/2013
It found 23% of girls show symptoms such as sadness or severe tiredness later in life, if their parent leaves before they reach the age of five.
They were also found to be almost 50% more likely to have future mental health problems than older girls, the Daily Mail has said.
The latest research supports previous studies that suggest pre-schoolers cope badly with break-ups because they are less likely to have a support network of friends and other family members.
Those 'coping mechanisms' meant just 15% of those over the age of five reported signs of mental distress later. This was the same percentage as those whose parents stayed together.
Other findings revealed boys coped the best with early parental separation, with less than 10% in the youngest age range going on to suffer teenage depression. However, that figure jumped to 17% for the five to 10 age group, which was 10% higher than boys whose parents stayed together.
Lead author Iryna Culpin, from the University of Bristol, said: "The measure that we used was a non-clinical diagnosis of depression.
"In reality the largest group of children whose fathers were absent between nought to five years, the girls, were the ones who answered the most questions with 'yes'.
"Girls whose fathers were absent in middle childhood, or boys in general, were less likely.
"We saw that girls who experienced divorce and a father’s absence in the first five years were more likely to develop advanced mental health, or health, issues, later in life."
Around a third of British children experience separations or divorce before the age of 16, and researchers asked 5,631 teenagers whether they had experienced symptoms such as sadness, unworthiness or extreme lethargy in the past two weeks. Using background data, the research team were then able to track their family circumstances and pinpoint the effect of a father’s departure on their mental health.
Miss Culpin added: "We cannot place judgment or blame on anyone but we are suggesting these girls might be more at risk later on in life.
"This study is dependent on a host of other factors, such as social and economic factors developing independently as well.
"We cannot accord for all the experiences children go through, but from our studies girls are more at risk if their fathers leave early on in their childhood."
(JP/MH)
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Parental Separation Harder For Girls - Survey
A new report has found that almost a quarter of girls whose fathers were absent during their early childhood, are more likely to suffer depression as teenagers.It found 23% of girls show symptoms such as sadness or severe tiredness later in life, if their parent leaves before they reach the age of five.
They were also found to be almost 50% more likely to have future mental health problems than older girls, the Daily Mail has said.
The latest research supports previous studies that suggest pre-schoolers cope badly with break-ups because they are less likely to have a support network of friends and other family members.
Those 'coping mechanisms' meant just 15% of those over the age of five reported signs of mental distress later. This was the same percentage as those whose parents stayed together.
Other findings revealed boys coped the best with early parental separation, with less than 10% in the youngest age range going on to suffer teenage depression. However, that figure jumped to 17% for the five to 10 age group, which was 10% higher than boys whose parents stayed together.
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Lead author Iryna Culpin, from the University of Bristol, said: "The measure that we used was a non-clinical diagnosis of depression.
"In reality the largest group of children whose fathers were absent between nought to five years, the girls, were the ones who answered the most questions with 'yes'.
"Girls whose fathers were absent in middle childhood, or boys in general, were less likely.
"We saw that girls who experienced divorce and a father’s absence in the first five years were more likely to develop advanced mental health, or health, issues, later in life."
Around a third of British children experience separations or divorce before the age of 16, and researchers asked 5,631 teenagers whether they had experienced symptoms such as sadness, unworthiness or extreme lethargy in the past two weeks. Using background data, the research team were then able to track their family circumstances and pinpoint the effect of a father’s departure on their mental health.
Miss Culpin added: "We cannot place judgment or blame on anyone but we are suggesting these girls might be more at risk later on in life.
"This study is dependent on a host of other factors, such as social and economic factors developing independently as well.
"We cannot accord for all the experiences children go through, but from our studies girls are more at risk if their fathers leave early on in their childhood."
(JP/MH)
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