Maternal Sadness and Adolescents' Responses to Stress in Offspring of Mothers with and Without a History of Depression

Jaser, Sarah S.; Fear, Jessica M.; Reeslund, Kristen L.; Champion, Jennifer E.; Reising, Michelle M.; Compas, Bruce E.

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“…After adjusting for children’s initial coping, mothers’ initial depressive symptoms predicted lower levels of secondary control coping among girls over time, and fathers’ depressive symptoms predicted lower levels of secondary control coping over time for both sons and daughters. These results are in line with research on maternal depression which links higher levels of maternal symptoms with lower levels of secondary control coping among adolescents (Jaser, Champion, Dharamsi, Riesing, & Compas, 2011; Jaser et al, 2008). Moreover, the moderating effect of gender in this study parallels research indicating that the detrimental effects of maternal depression on child adjustment are stronger for girls than boys (Goodman et al, 2011).…”

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Maternal and Paternal Influences on Children’s Coping with Cancer-Related Stress

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Childhood cancer is a significant source of stress for children and families, and children’s coping with cancer-related stress is a key predictor of emotional adjustment. To extend understanding of the determinants of children’s coping with cancer-related stress, this study examined whether mothers’ and fathers’ functioning after their child’s diagnosis—including coping and depressive symptoms—is predictive of children’s coping over time. Participants included 166 children (Mage = 13.47, SD = 2.47, 51.2% female), 161 mothers, and 83 fathers. Approximately two months post-diagnosis (T1), parents reported on their coping and depressive symptoms. At T1 and approximately 12 months later (T2), children reported on their coping. Results indicated that mothers’ coping and depressive symptoms were correlated with children’s coping at T1; fathers’ coping and depressive symptoms were generally not associated with children’s coping at T1. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that fathers’ secondary control coping (i.e., coping aimed at adapting to cancer-related stress) predicted higher levels of secondary control coping in children over time. Mothers’ depressive symptoms predicted lower levels of secondary control coping over time in girls, and fathers’ depressive symptoms predicted lower levels of secondary control coping over time across sex. Parents’ functioning after their child’s cancer diagnosis may shape how children cope with cancer-related stress. Parents’ coping and depressive symptoms may be important targets for interventions aiming to promote positive adjustment in children with cancer.

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“…For example, children and adolescents of depressed mothers may demonstrate less symbolic play, have reading and learning difficulties, and are at a higher risk for developing both internalizing and externalizing disorders (Dietz et al 2009;Jaser et al 2008;Johnson and Flake 2007;Sohr-Preston and Scaramella 2006). Furthermore, remission of maternal depression may be related to children's internalizing symptoms (Foster et al 2008).…”

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Trajectories of Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children’s Social Skills

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Roberts

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J Child Fam Stud

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The vast majority of new mothers experience at least some depressive symptoms. Postpartum maternal depressive symptoms can greatly influence children's outcomes (e.g., emotional, cognitive, language, and social development). However, there have been relatively few longitudinal studies of how maternal depressive symptoms may influence children's social skills. The current study (n = 1363) examined the trajectory of maternal depressive symptoms (from 1 month to 36 months) and whether maternal depressive symptoms at 1 month postpartum and the change in symptoms over time (from 1 month to 3 years) predicted children's parent-and teacherrated social skills when they were 4.5 and 6.0 years old. A growth curve model indicated that, on average, maternal depressive symptoms declined over time in a nonlinear fashion. Further analyses indicated that after controlling for five demographic factors (child sex, family income, maternal age, mother's marital status, and maternal education), initial maternal depressive symptoms significantly predicted children's social skills as reported by mothers. The results support the notion that maternal depressive symptoms during children's infancy can have long-term associations with children's social skills. In addition, the results emphasize the importance of intervention and prevention efforts targeting maternal depressive symptoms during infancy, beginning immediately postpartum.

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“…Parental depression, including levels of current depressive symptoms, contributes to a chronically and unpredictably stressful environment for children in part because depressed parents vacillate between high levels of withdrawn (i.e., emotionally and physically unavailable) and intrusive (i.e., irritable, hostile, coercive) behaviors (e.g., Hammen, Brennan, & Shih, 2004; Jaser et al 2005, 2008). Depressive symptoms have consistently been associated with increased parental hostility, inconsistent discipline, negative affect, and lower responsiveness to children (Lovejoy, Graczyk, O’Hare, & Neuman, 2000).…”

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Testing specificity among parents’ depressive symptoms, parenting, and child internalizing and externalizing symptoms.

Gruhn¹,

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Watson

et al. 2016

Journal of Family Psychology

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The present study examined the specificity in relations between observed withdrawn and intrusive parenting behaviors and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms in an at risk sample of children (ages 9 to 15-years-old) of parents with a history of depression (N = 180). Given past findings that parental depression and parenting behaviors may differentially impact boys and girls, gender was examined as a moderator of the relations between these factors and child adjustment. Correlation and linear regression analyses showed that parental depressive symptoms were significantly related to withdrawn parenting for parents of boys and girls and to intrusive parenting for parents of boys only. When controlling for intrusive parenting, preliminary analyses demonstrated that parental depressive symptoms were significantly related to withdrawn parenting for parents of boys, and this association approached significance for parents of girls. Specificity analyses yielded that, when controlling for the other type of problem (i.e., internalizing or externalizing), withdrawn parenting specifically predicted externalizing problems but not internalizing problems in girls. No evidence of specificity was found for boys in this sample, suggesting that impaired parenting behaviors are diffusely related to both internalizing and externalizing symptoms for boys. Overall, results highlight the importance of accounting for child gender and suggest that targeting improvement in parenting behaviors and the reduction of depressive symptoms in interventions with parents with a history of depression may have potential to reduce internalizing and externalizing problems in this high-risk population.

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Maternal Sadness and Adolescents' Responses to Stress in Offspring of Mothers with and Without a History of Depression

Cited by 74 publications

References 39 publications

Maternal and Paternal Influences on Children’s Coping with Cancer-Related Stress

Maternal and Paternal Influences on Children’s Coping with Cancer-Related Stress

Trajectories of Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children’s Social Skills

Testing specificity among parents’ depressive symptoms, parenting, and child internalizing and externalizing symptoms.

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