Associations Among Child Perceptions of Parenting Support, Maternal Parenting Efficacy and Maternal Depressive Symptoms

Barnett, Melissa A.; Baca, Tomás Cabeza de; Jordan, Ashley C.; Tilley, Elizabeth; Ellis, Bruce J.

doi:10.1007/s10566-014-9267-9

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“…Moak and Agrawal [ 46 ] broadly defined social support as a psychosocial resource accessible in the context of the individual’s social network and interpersonal contacts. With respect to parenting, one may differentiate emotional, informational, and instrumental social support [ 47 ]. Emotional support mainly affects parenting behaviors indirectly via its effect on parental well-being, e.g., through the reduction of parental stress [ 45 •, 48 ], the provision of a sense of social integration, or the aid in emotion regulation.…”

Section: Social Support As a Moderator Between Parental Mental Illnes...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental Mental Illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Parenting Behavior: The Moderating Role of Social Support

Seeger

Neukel

Williams

et al. 2022

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review Parental mental disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder (BPD), impair parenting behavior. Consequently, the children exhibit an elevated risk for psychopathology across their lifespan. Social support for parents is thought to moderate the relationship between parental mental illness and parenting behavior. It may dampen negative effects and serve as starting point for preventive interventions. This paper provides a literature overview regarding the impact of social support on the sequelae of parental mental illness and BPD for parenting behavior. Recent Findings Current literature highlights the increased burden of families with a mentally ill parent and associated changes in parenting behavior like increased hostility and affective dysregulation, especially in the context of parental BPD. Literature further demonstrates the powerful impact of social support in buffering such negative outcomes. The effect of social support seems to be moderated itself by further factors like socioeconomic status, gender, or characteristics of the social network. Summary Social support facilitates positive parenting in mentally ill parents and may be particularly important in parents with BPD. However, social support is embedded within a framework of influencing factors, which need consideration when interpreting scientific results.

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Section: Social Support As a Moderator Between Parental Mental Illnes...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental Mental Illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Parenting Behavior: The Moderating Role of Social Support

Seeger

Neukel

Williams

et al. 2022

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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“…Social support in parents’ lives can come from a variety of sources, including their romantic partner, close friends, extended family, and religious groups. Social support is generally thought to have three main components: emotional (e.g., encouragement, nurturance), informational (e.g., advice, useful information), and instrumental (e.g., financial assistance; Barnett, de Baca, Jordan, Tilley, & Ellis, ), and has been linked to both depressive symptoms and parenting. Mothers’ report of higher levels of social support is associated with lower levels of maternal depressive symptoms (Cairney, Boyle, Offord, & Racine, ), and higher levels of parenting efficacy (Suzuki, Holloway, Yamamoto, & Mindnich, ) and parenting quality (Ceballo & McLoyd, ).…”

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Parental Depression, Overreactive Parenting, and Early Childhood Externalizing Problems: Moderation by Social Support

Taraban

Shaw

Leve³

et al. 2018

Child Development

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This study used a large (N = 519), longitudinal sample of adoptive families to test overreactive parenting as a mediator of associations between parental depressive symptoms and early childhood externalizing, and parents' social support satisfaction as a moderator. Maternal parenting (18 months) mediated the association between maternal depressive symptoms (9 months) and child externalizing problems (27 months). Paternal parenting was not a significant mediator. Unexpectedly, we found a cross-over effect for the moderating role of social support satisfaction, such that partners' social support satisfaction reduced the strength of the association between each parent's own depressive symptoms and overreactive parenting. Results point to the importance of accounting for broader family context in predicting early childhood parenting and child outcomes.

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“…In addition to support that mothers may receive from their spouses, mothers also receive other sources of support. Social support is generally thought to have three main components: emotional (e.g., encouragement, nurturance), informational (e.g., advice, useful information), and instrumental (e.g., financial assistance; Barnett, de Baca, Jordan, Tilley, & Ellis, 2015), and has been linked to both depressive symptoms and parenting. Mothers’ report of higher levels of social support is associated with lower levels of maternal depressive symptoms (Bost et al, 2002; Cairney et al, 2003), and this also has been found among low-income mothers (Jackson et al, 2000).…”

Section: Maternal Depression and Parenting: Moderation By Social Supportmentioning

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Maternal depression and parenting in early childhood: Contextual influence of marital quality and social support in two samples.

Taraban¹,

Shaw²,

Leve³

et al. 2017

Developmental Psychology

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Marital quality and social support satisfaction were tested as moderators of the association between maternal depressive symptoms and parenting during early childhood (18-36 months) among two large, divergent, longitudinal samples (n = 526; n = 570). Unexpectedly, in both samples the association between maternal depressive symptoms and reduced parenting quality was strongest in the context of high marital quality and high social support, and largely non-significant in the context of low marital quality and low social support. Possible explanations for these surprising findings are discussed. Results point to the importance of accounting for factors in the broader family context in predicting the association between depressive symptoms and maternal parenting.

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Associations Among Child Perceptions of Parenting Support, Maternal Parenting Efficacy and Maternal Depressive Symptoms

Cited by 11 publications

References 36 publications

Parental Mental Illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Parenting Behavior: The Moderating Role of Social Support

Parental Mental Illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Parenting Behavior: The Moderating Role of Social Support

Parental Depression, Overreactive Parenting, and Early Childhood Externalizing Problems: Moderation by Social Support

Maternal depression and parenting in early childhood: Contextual influence of marital quality and social support in two samples.

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