Department of Children, Youth and Families, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California.
J Fam Psychol. 2018 Mar;32(2):240-250. doi: 10.1037/fam0000394.
This study explored the longitudinal relationships among maternal depressive symptoms, children's depressive symptoms, aggression, and rule breaking and tested the moderating effects of maltreatment and child sex. A sample of 175 biological mother-child dyads (86 maltreated and 89 comparison) were seen at three time points, beginning at an average child age of 10.87 years. Results from cross-lagged models showed maternal depressive symptoms were related to higher levels of children's depressive symptoms but not children's aggression or rule breaking. Rule breaking predicted maternal depressive symptoms only in the comparison group. Child sex moderated some relationships. Boys' depression predicted maternal depressive symptoms, whereas maternal depressive symptoms predicted aggression among girls. There was no evidence in this sample that child maltreatment increased the effects of maternal depressive symptoms on child outcomes. These results suggest that attention in clinical practice to the importance of addressing maternal depression as well as addressing children's functioning should continue into adolescence. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究探讨了母亲抑郁症状、儿童抑郁症状、攻击行为和违规行为之间的纵向关系，并检验了虐待和儿童性别对这些关系的调节作用。该研究对 175 对生物母子对（86 对受虐待和 89 对对照组）进行了三次观察，起始于儿童平均年龄为 10.87 岁时。交叉滞后模型的结果表明，母亲的抑郁症状与儿童的抑郁症状水平升高有关，但与儿童的攻击行为或违规行为无关。仅在对照组中，违规行为会预测母亲的抑郁症状。儿童性别调节了一些关系。男孩的抑郁症状预测了母亲的抑郁症状，而母亲的抑郁症状则预测了女孩的攻击行为。在这个样本中，没有证据表明儿童虐待会增加母亲抑郁症状对儿童结果的影响。这些结果表明，在临床实践中，关注解决母亲抑郁和儿童功能的重要性应持续到青春期。
