Title
Parental Depression, Parenting Behaviours, and Behaviour Problems in Young Children
Abbreviated Journal Title
Infant Child Dev.
Keywords
depression; parenting; behaviour problems; young children; MATERNAL DEPRESSION; FATHERS; SYMPTOMS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; MOTHERS; CONFLICT; Psychology, Developmental
Abstract
In the past, research has demonstrated that parental depression and parenting practices are related. More recently, there has been an increase in research examining child outcomes as they are related to maternal and paternal psychopathology. To continue with this line of research, this study examined the relationships among mothers' and fathers' symptoms of depression, characteristics of their parenting practices, and their ratings of their young children's internalizing and externalizing behaviour problems. The results of this study demonstrated that these variables are related significantly. Further, the results of this study suggested that mothers' parenting, particularly their limit setting with their young children, is an important predictor of their ratings of their young children's externalizing behaviour problems in the context of their own symptoms of depression. A different pattern of relationships may be present for fathers, as both their symptoms of depression and their parenting characteristics predicted their ratings of their young children's externalizing behaviour problems. Such findings were not supported for young children's internalizing behaviour problems. These findings suggested that interventions should have different targets for mothers and fathers. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Journal Title
Infant and Child Development
Volume
18
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
323
Last Page
336
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1522-7227
Recommended Citation
"Parental Depression, Parenting Behaviours, and Behaviour Problems in Young Children" (2009). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1905.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1905
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