“…As expected, negative parenting practices were strongly associated with reports of behavioral problems, an association that was identified in both groups, regardless of the presence of maternal depression, which agrees with the findings reported by other studies (Dow-Fleisner, 2018;Silk et al, 2011;Pizeta et al, 2013;Rovaris & Bolsoni-Silva, 2018;Trepat et al, 2014;Vafaeenejad et al, 2018;Zalewski et al, 2017). Note, however, that the scores concerning the indicators of depression obtained by the sample of mothers with indicators of depression were not associated with the indicators of children's behaviors, which seems to disagree with the literature (Conners-Burrow et al, 2016;Pizeta et al, 2013;Silk et al, 2011;Trepat et al, 2014;Zalewski et al, 2017). In the total sample, maternal depression was inversely proportional to positive practices (Dow-Fleisner, 2018;Silk et al, 2011;Pizeta et al, 2013;Trepat et al, 2014;Vafaeenejad et al, 2018;Zalewski et al, 2017) and directly related to children's social skills Table 4 Simple linear regression analysis with only externalizing behavior problems as the dependent variable (n = 13, and nonclinical-n = 21) and the following independent variables: maternal depression, positive parenting practices, negative parenting practices, quality of marital relationship, children's social skills, and mothers' reports of problems Table 5 Simple linear regression analysis with internalizing and externalizing comorbidities as the dependent variable (n = 13, and non-clinical-n = 21) and the following independent variables: maternal depression, positive parenting practices, negative parenting practices, quality of marital relationship, children's social skills, and mothers' reports of problems (Rovaris & Bolsoni-Silva, 2018), which in turn were inversely proportional to indicators of behavioral problems (Rovaris & Bolsoni-Silva, 2018).…”