The Influence of Child Gender Role and Maternal Feedback to Child Stress on the Emergence of the Gender Difference in Depressive Rumination in Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Cox, Stephanie J.; Mezulis, Amy H.; Hyde, Janet S.
Titel	The Influence of Child Gender Role and Maternal Feedback to Child Stress on the Emergence of the Gender Difference in Depressive Rumination in Adolescence
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 4, S.842-852 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0019813
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Sex Role; Coping; Depression (Psychology); Stress Variables; Gender Differences; Feedback (Response); Sexual Identity; Longitudinal Studies; Early Adolescents; Emotional Response; Stereotypes; Parent Child Relationship; Problem Solving; Feminism; Age Differences; Parent Role; Psychological Patterns; Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Geschlechterrolle; Bewältigung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Emotionales Verhalten; Klischee; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Problemlösen; Feminismus; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Parental role; Elternrolle
Abstract	Extensive research has linked a greater female tendency to ruminate about depressed feelings or mood to the gender difference in depression. However, the developmental origins of the gender difference in depressive rumination are not well understood. We hypothesized that girls and women may be more likely to ruminate because rumination represents a gender-stereotyped coping style that is associated with a more feminine gender role identity, maternal encouragement of emotion expression, and passive coping responses to stress. This study examined whether child self-reported gender role identity and observed maternal responses to child stress mediated the emergent gender difference in depressive rumination in adolescence. Maternal gender role attitudes were further hypothesized to moderate the relationship between child sex and mediating variables. Rumination and gender role identity were assessed in 316 youths and their mothers in a longitudinal study from age 11 to age 15; in addition, 153 mother-child dyads participated in an observational task at age 11 from which maternal responses to a child stressor were coded. Results indicated that greater feminine gender role identity among children and encouragement of emotion expression by mothers at age 11 significantly mediated the association between child sex and the development of depressive rumination at age 15, even after controlling for rumination at age 11. Maternal gender role attitudes significantly moderated the relationship between child sex and maternal encouragement of emotion expression, such that mothers who endorsed more traditional gender role attitudes themselves were particularly likely to encourage emotion expression in their daughters. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10