Depressed Mood and Maternal Report of Child Behavior Problems: Another Look at the Depression-Distortion Hypothesis

Autor/inn/en	Gartstein, Maria A.; Bridgett, David J.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Kaufman, Noah K.
Titel	Depressed Mood and Maternal Report of Child Behavior Problems: Another Look at the Depression-Distortion Hypothesis
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30 (2009) 2, S.149-160 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.001
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Psychopathology; Child Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Depression (Psychology); Mothers; Parent Influence; Correlation; At Risk Persons; Early Adolescents; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Fathers; Attitude Measures; Student Attitudes; Preadolescents; Hypothesis Testing; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychopathologie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Caregiver depression has been described as leading to overreport of child behavior problems. This study examines this "depression-distortion" hypothesis in terms of high-risk families of young adolescents. Questionnaire data were collected from mothers, teachers, and fathers, and self-report information was obtained from youth between ages 10 and 14 years. First, convergent and discriminant validity were demonstrated for internalizing and externalizing multiagent constructs. Second, the depression-distortion hypothesis was examined, revealing a modest effect of maternal depression, leading to the inflation of reported son externalizing and daughter internalizing problems. The data suggest the need to consider multiple influences on parental perceptions of child behavior and psychopathology in research and clinical settings. (Contains 4 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10