Cited by 73Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumFamily Dynamics and Relationships

Parental depression, parenting behaviours, and behaviour problems in young children

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Middleton, Melissa, Scott, Samantha L., Renk, Kimberly·2009·Infant and Child Development

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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 © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • The impact of depression on parenting behaviours could mediate transmission of risk to offspring.

    “In light of this, it has been proposed that the impact of depression on parenting behaviours (Middleton et al. 2009;Ramchandani & Psychogiou, 2009) could be a mediating mechanism for transmission of risk to offspring.”

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Authors
Middleton, M., Scott, S. L., & Renk, K.
Affiliations
University of Central Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Renk, Kimberly
Venue
Infant and Child Development
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-02-11
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
323-336
ISSN
  • 1522-7219 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-7227
OpenAlex
W2167705680
Cited by
73
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 7
FWCI
3.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Infant and Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
parental depression, parenting practices, child behavior problems, externalizing problems, limit setting, mothers, fathers, young children, maternal depression, paternal depression

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