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Parent depression linked to reduced empathy, putting kids at risk for adverse outcomes | Vanderbilt News | Vanderbilt University
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Parents with greater depression symptoms report experiencing less empathy—even toward their own children, according to a new Vanderbilt report published in PLOS ONE.
This phenomenon could lead to significant long-term negative impacts for these children, the researchers say.“Feeling understood and accepted is important for everyone, but especially in the context of the parent–child relationship,” said senior author Kathryn L.
Humphreys, assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. “Research studies find that when children don’t receive empathic responses from caregivers, they tend to have a wide variety of negative outcomes, including elevated physiological responses to stress,
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