Self-Efficacy in 18-Month-Old Toddlers of Depressed and Nondepressed Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Jennings, Kay Donahue; Abrew, Amy J.
Titel	Self-Efficacy in 18-Month-Old Toddlers of Depressed and Nondepressed Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 25 (2004) 2, S.133-147 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2004.02.001
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Toddlers; At Risk Persons; Depression (Psychology); Mothers; Modeling (Psychology); Psychiatric Services; Psychiatry; Child Behavior; Clinical Diagnosis; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Risikogruppe; Mother; Mutter; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung; Psychiatric care; Psychiatrische Versorgung; Psychiatrie; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	Low self-efficacy is a key component of depression. Toddlers of depressed mothers may be at risk for impaired development of self-efficacy because of maternal modeling, diminished encouragement of toddlers' efforts, and/or biological contributions. We examined emerging self-efficacy in 70 toddlers of depressed mothers and 62 toddlers of nondepressed mothers. Depressed mothers had sought treatment and were diagnosed using a structured psychiatric interview. Toddlers were observed while working on a variety of mastery tasks, and an index of self-efficacy was constructed from behavior and affect. As expected, findings indicated that toddlers of depressed mothers showed less self-efficacy. Furthermore, more recent exposure to depression was associated with lower self-efficacy. These findings extend downward in age prior work indicating lower self-efficacy in children of depressed mothers. Early impairment in self-efficacy may place children at risk for later depression and thus may be one pathway for the intergenerational transmission of depression. (Author).
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