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Dysfunctional family functioning in high socioeconomic status families as a risk factor for the development of psychiatric disorders in adoptees : the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia |
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| Author: | Myllyaho, Toni1; Siira, Virva2; Wahlberg, Karl‑Erik1; |
| Organizations: |
1University of Oulu, Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland 2Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 2000, 90014, Oulu, Finland 3Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 26, 90014, Oulu, Finland
4Social Security Institute of Finland (SSI), Helsinki, Finland
5Faculty of Medicine, Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland 6Faculty of Medicine, Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022022520818 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Springer Nature,
2021
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| Publish Date: | 2022-02-25 |
| Description: |
AbstractPurpose: Earlier findings indicate that socioeconomic status (SES) of family associates with family functioning. This study examined the impacts of family functioning and genetic risk for schizophrenia on psychiatric morbidity of adoptees in families of high SES (HSES) and low SES (LSES). Methods: The study population is a subgroup of the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia. Of the adoptees, 152 had high genetic risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders (HR) and 151 adoptees had low risk (LR). Of the adoptees, 185 (HR = 94, LR = 91) were raised in high-SES (HSES) families and 118 (HR = 58, LR = 60) in low-SES (LSES) families. The family SES was determined by the occupational status of the main provider of the family. The functioning of adoptive families was assessed based on Global Family Ratings (GFRs) and psychiatric disorders on DSM-III-R criteria. Results: In the HSES families, the psychiatric morbidity of the adoptees was emphasized by HR (OR = 4.28, CI 2.14–8.56) and dysfunctional family processes (OR = 6.44, CI 2.75–15.04). In the LSES families, the adoptees’ psychiatric morbidity was almost significantly increased by HR (OR = 2.10, CI 0.99–4.45), but not by dysfunctional family processes (OR = 1.33, CI 0.53–3.34). Conclusions: This study showed that in HSES families, dysfunctional family processes and HR for schizophrenia increased the likelihoods for the development of psychiatric disorders in adoptees. The results can be utilized in identifying risk factors in the development of psychiatric disorders and focusing preventative strategies on risk groups with acknowledging the importance of family functioning. see all
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| Series: |
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology |
| ISSN: | 0933-7954 |
| ISSN-E: | 1433-9285 |
| ISSN-L: | 0933-7954 |
| Volume: | 57 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Pages: | 1367 - 1377 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00127-020-02016-2 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-02016-2 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
3124 Neurology and psychiatry |
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| Funding: |
This study (TM) was supported by Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; The Alma and K.A. Snellman Foundation, Oulu, Finland and The Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Tampere, Finland. The research work of MN is supported by ITLA—Children’s Foundation, Finland. |
| Copyright information: |
© Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature 2021. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. The final authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-02016-2. |