Maternal and Paternal Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Toddler Adjustment |
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Authors: | Nancy S Weinfield Lisa Ingerski Stacey Coffey Moreau |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Gilmer Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA;(2) Present address: Westat, 1450 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, USA |
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Abstract: | In this study we explored the relation between maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and toddler adjustment in a community
sample, testing direct, additive, and interactive models of parental depressive symptoms and child adjustment. Participants
were 49 families with 30-month-old children. Data were collected on maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and marital
quality, as well as on toddler internalizing and externalizing behavior. The data supported an additive, but not interactive,
model of prediction to externalizing behavior, such that maternal and paternal symptoms each accounted for unique variance
in the prediction of toddler externalizing. Models predicting toddler internalizing were not significant. Maternal reports
of marital quality, but not paternal reports of marital quality, reduced the magnitude of the relation between symptoms and
child externalizing when entered as a covariate. Implications for depression screening of parents are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Maternal depression Paternal depression Toddler adjustment Behavior problems Marital quality |
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