Maternal Depressive Symptoms and At-Risk Young Children's Internalizing Problems: The Moderating Role of Mothers' Positivity

Autor/inn/en	Goodlett, Benjamin D.; Trentacosta, Christopher J.; McLear, Caitlin; Crespo, Laura; Wheeler, Rebecca; Williams, Alexis; Chaudhry, Kiren; Smith-Darden, Joanne
Titel	Maternal Depressive Symptoms and At-Risk Young Children's Internalizing Problems: The Moderating Role of Mothers' Positivity
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 63 (2017) 1, S.77-104, Artikel 7 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); At Risk Persons; Self Destructive Behavior; Child Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Behavior Problems; African American Family; Kindergarten; Young Children; Toddlers; Measures (Individuals); Check Lists; Multiple Regression Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Beck Depression Inventory; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Risikogruppe; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Messdaten; Checkliste; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Maternal depressive symptoms predict negative child behaviors, including internalizing problems. However, protective factors, such as positive emotionality and positive parenting behaviors, may play an important a role in attenuating associations between maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems. This article presents two studies that examined buffers of links between maternal depressive symptoms and child internalizing problems. Each study examined samples of primarily African American families with young children in an impoverished large city in the Midwestern United States. Families were recruited from kindergarten classes and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) centers. In both studies, indicators of mothers' positivity, as measured by text-based analysis of positive emotion word use or behavioral observation of positive parenting behaviors, attenuated links between maternal depressive symptoms and child internalizing problems. The results suggest that risk for internalizing problems within the context of maternal depressive symptoms is reduced when parents experience and express more positive emotions and behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01