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Parenting style in childhood and mortality risk at older ages: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Parenting style is associated with offspring health, but whether it is associated with offspring mortality at older ages remains unknown. AIMS:We examined whether childhood experiences of suboptimal parenting style are associated with increased risk of death at older ages. METHOD:Longitudinal cohort study of 1964 community-dwelling adults aged 65-79 years. RESULTS:The association between parenting style and mortality was inverse and graded. Participants in the poorest parenting style score quartile had increased risk of death (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.72, 95% CI 1.20-2.48) compared with those in the optimal parenting style score quartile after adjustment for age and gender. Full adjustment for covariates partially explained this association (HR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.02-2.18). Parenting style was inversely associated with cancer and other mortality, but not cardiovascular mortality. Maternal and paternal parenting styles were individually associated with mortality. CONCLUSIONS:Experiences of suboptimal parenting in childhood are associated with increased risk of death at older ages.

SUBMITTER: Demakakos P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5951632 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Parenting style in childhood and mortality risk at older ages: a longitudinal cohort study.

Demakakos Panayotes P Pillas Demetris D Marmot Michael M Steptoe Andrew A

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20160303 2

<h4>Background</h4>Parenting style is associated with offspring health, but whether it is associated with offspring mortality at older ages remains unknown.<h4>Aims</h4>We examined whether childhood experiences of suboptimal parenting style are associated with increased risk of death at older ages.<h4>Method</h4>Longitudinal cohort study of 1964 community-dwelling adults aged 65-79 years.<h4>Results</h4>The association between parenting style and mortality was inverse and graded. Participants in ...[more]

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Parenting style in childhood and mortality risk at older ages: a longitudinal cohort study.

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Parenting style in childhood and mortality risk at older ages: a longitudinal cohort study.

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