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01-02-2009 | Original Paper

Maternal and Paternal Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Toddler Adjustment

Auteurs: Nancy S. Weinfield, Lisa Ingerski, Stacey Coffey Moreau

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 1/2009

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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Titel: Maternal and Paternal Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Toddler Adjustment
Auteurs: Nancy S. Weinfield
Lisa Ingerski
Stacey Coffey Moreau
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-008-9205-2

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