Lower parent-child conflict significantly reduces risk of mental health difficulties in children exposed to adversity [PsyPost]
By Eric W. Dolan, PsyPost, September 28, 2019 Facing adversity in childhood is associated with psychopathology in adolescence, but this risk is lower in families with less parent-child conflict, according to new research. The study, published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, highlights the importance of the parent-child relationship. “Adversity is common in childhood, affecting roughly 1-in-4 children. There is now a lot of evidence indicating that adversity is major risk factor for...