Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody Box 0552, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2010 Nov;38(8):1069-81. doi: 10.1007/s10802-010-9433-y.
The current prospective study investigated transactional relations between maternal depressive symptoms and children's depressive and externalizing symptoms. Participants included 240 children (M age = 11.86 years, SD = 0.56; 53.9% female) and their mothers who were part of a 6-year longitudinal study. Measures of maternal depression (Beck Depression Inventory), child depression (Children's Depression Inventory), and children's externalizing symptoms (Youth Self-Report Form) were assessed annually. Data analyses using dynamic latent difference score structural equation models indicated that the observed relations between mothers' and adolescents' symptoms were stable across the 6 years. Higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms predicted subsequent elevations in children's depressive symptoms and in their externalizing problems over time. Among mothers with high initial levels of depression, children's depressive symptoms predicted subsequent declines in mothers' depressive symptoms. Children's externalizing problems were not related to subsequent change in maternal symptoms.
本前瞻性研究调查了产妇抑郁症状与儿童抑郁和外化症状之间的关系。参与者包括 240 名儿童(M 年龄=11.86 岁,SD=0.56;53.9%为女性)及其母亲,他们是一项为期 6 年的纵向研究的一部分。每年评估母亲抑郁(贝克抑郁量表)、儿童抑郁(儿童抑郁量表)和儿童外化症状(青少年自我报告量表)。使用动态潜在差异分数结构方程模型的数据分析表明,母亲和青少年症状之间的观察到的关系在 6 年内是稳定的。较高水平的产妇抑郁症状预示着儿童抑郁症状和外化问题随时间的推移而逐渐增加。在初始抑郁水平较高的母亲中,儿童的抑郁症状预示着随后母亲抑郁症状的下降。儿童的外化问题与母亲症状的后续变化无关。