in the future (MacLeod, Pankhania, & Mitchell, 1997; MacLeod, Rose, & Williams, 1993). Taken together with the suggestion that perceived problem severity may impact on future-oriented thinking (Corcoran et al., 2007; Karp & Tanarugsachock, parents’ 2000 ; Ma et al., 2002; Riley et al., 2009), these studies indicate that perceived child symptom severity might mediate the relationship between internalising parents’ problems and their future-thinking. internalising problems should, therefore, Parents’ be considered when understanding differences in future-thinking. parents’ Studies of children with a physical illness, such as cancer (e.g. Fotiadou, Barlow, Powell, & Langton, 2008) further support the idea that parents with higher levels of internalising problems perceive their problem as more severe. child’s Additionally, in the same study, Fotiadou et al. (2008) found that parents with higher trait optimism perceived their cancer symptoms as less severe. Optimism has child’s been explored in detail in the literature with regards to future-thinking (e.g. & Van der Linden, 2004). Optimism about the future is a key feature of D’Argembeau adult models of social recovery (Leamy et al., 2011) but has received little exploration within the mental health literature in relation to thinking about their parents’ child’s future. A review of future-thinking literature highlighted the link between adolescents’ optimism and perceived positive achievements in the future (Nurmi, 1991), with lower levels of optimism associated with less hope for the future. Optimism has also been suggested to be related to the ability to generate thoughts about the future in more detail & Van der Linden, 2004). To date, this has not been explored in (D’Argembeau terms of how parents think about their future. Therefore, parental optimism is a child’s factor to consider in relation to perceptions of the severity of their parents’ child’s
in the future (MacLeod, Pankhania, & Mitchell, 1997; MacLeod, Rose, & Williams, 1993). Taken together with the suggestion that perceived problem severity may impact on parents’ future-oriented thinking (Corcoran et al., 2007; Karp & Tanarugsachock, 2000 ; Ma et al., 2002; Riley et al., 2009), these studies indicate that perceived child symptom severity might mediate the relationship between parents’ internalising problems and their future-thinking. Parents’ internalising problems should, therefore, be considered when understanding differences in parents’ future-thinking. Studies of children with a physical illness, such as cancer (e.g. Fotiadou, Barlow, Powell, & Langton, 2008) further support the idea that parents with higher levels of internalising problems perceive their child’s problem as more severe. Additionally, in the same study, Fotiadou et al. (2008) found that parents with higher trait optimism perceived their child’s cancer symptoms as less severe. Optimism has been explored in detail in the literature with regards to future-thinking (e.g. D’Argembeau & Van der Linden, 2004). Optimism about the future is a key feature of adult models of social recovery (Leamy et al., 2011) but has received little exploration within the mental health literature in relation to parents’ thinking about their child’s future. A review of future-thinking literature highlighted the link between adolescents’ optimism and perceived positive achievements in the future (Nurmi, 1991), with lower levels of optimism associated with less hope for the future. Optimism has also been suggested to be related to the ability to generate thoughts about the future in more detail (D’Argembeau & Van der Linden, 2004). To date, this has not been explored in terms of how parents think about their child’s future. Therefore, parental optimism is a factor to consider in relation to parents’ perceptions of the severity of their child’s
Full%20portfolio.docx