Background: In life cycle, nuclear family always has a significant influence in
determining a child mental health. Parents interaction towards children based on the
aspect of cohesion, flexibility, and communication, forms an emotional climate of the
family that plays an important role in influencing mental disorder, either depressive
or anxiety disorder.
Methods: This study is a cross sectional study. The study was conducted by using
three questionnaires namely MINI ICD-10, Family Adaptability and Cohesion
Evaluation Scale(FACES) III, and Parent Adolescence Communications Scale
(PACS). A total of 260 preclinical students of faculty medicine of Atma Jaya
Indonesia Catholic University recruited in this study. Data was collected and
analyzed by using Chi Square and Spearman test.
Results: The results show that there is a significant association between living
together with nuclear family and communication with father and mother and
depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, there is no significant association between
family type and depressive disorder, but there is a significant association with anxiety
disorder.
Conclusion: Preclinical students who do not live together with nuclear family and
the communication with his father and mother ineffectively have higher risk to get
depressive and anxiety disorder compared with preclinical students who live together
with nuclear family and the communication with his father and mother effectively or
averagely. Preclinical students who have an extreme family type have higher risk to
get anxiety disorder compared with preclinical students who have a balance family
type. |