The impact of parental psychopathology and sociodemographic factors in selective mutism - a nationwide population-based study

Author:

Koskela MiinaORCID,Chudal Roshan,Luntamo Terhi,Suominen Auli,Steinhausen Hans-Christoph,Sourander Andre

Abstract

Abstract Background Selective mutism (SM) is nowadays considered a relatively rare anxiety disorder characterized by children failing to speak in certain situations. Research on risk factors for SM are limited in comparison to other psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was to examine several potential risk factors for SM in a large nationwide cohort, namely parental psychopathology, parental age, maternal SES, urbanicity, maternal marital status and parental immigration status. Methods This nested case-control study comprised 860 cases with SM, identified from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and 3250 controls matched for sex and age from the Finnish Central Population Register. Conditional logistic regression was used to examine the association between the risk factors and SM. Results If both parents had any psychiatric disorder, this almost tripled their odds of having a child with SM (OR 2.8, 95% CI 2.0–4.0). There were increased rates of all types of psychiatric disorders in the parents of the children with SM, with a wider range of diagnoses among the mothers than fathers. Fathers over 35 years (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1–1.8) were significantly more likely to have children with SM. Offspring of a single mother had a 2-fold (OR = 2.0, 95% CI 1.4–3.0) increased odds of SM than mothers who were married or in a relationship. Conclusions Several parental psychiatric disorders were associated with offspring SM. This points towards a shared aetiology of psychiatric disorders. Findings on paternal age and single motherhood help to improve our understanding of risk factors for SM.

Funder

Academy of Finland Flagship Programme

the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland

the Academy of Finland Health from Cohorts and Biobanks Programme

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

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