TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal Depression and Parenting
T2 - Implications for Children's Emergent Emotion Regulation and Behavioral Functioning
AU - Hoffman, Casey
AU - Crnic, Keith A.
AU - Baker, Jason K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD34879). We acknowledge the important contributions of Christine M. Low and Catherine M. Gaze to the preparation of the data that made this investigation possible, as well as the vital contributions of the staff at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Riverside, to the collection and management of the data.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2006/11/1
Y1 - 2006/11/1
N2 - Objective. We investigated the role of mothers' elevated depressive symptoms on scaffolding and availability to assist preschool children's regulatory development. Design. A sample of 208 3-year-olds and their mothers was drawn from an ongoing longitudinal study and followed to child age 4. Maternal scaffolding behaviors and children's emotion regulation competencies were assessed using behavioral coding schemes applied to observations of structured laboratory tasks, and maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems were based on parental reports. Results. Mothers who reported depressive symptoms above an established threshold at child age 3 had children who exhibited greater dysregulation and behavior problems at age 4. Depressed mothers were less effective at providing emotional, motivational, and technical scaffolding. Mothers who scaffolded less effectively, regardless of depression status, had children who were more emotionally dysregulated with more behavior problems by age 4. Scaffolding did not mediate maternal depression and child dysregulation. Conclusions. Maternal depression constitutes a risk factor for ineffective scaffolding, and scaffolding during the preschool period is related to children's emotional and behavioral competence.
AB - Objective. We investigated the role of mothers' elevated depressive symptoms on scaffolding and availability to assist preschool children's regulatory development. Design. A sample of 208 3-year-olds and their mothers was drawn from an ongoing longitudinal study and followed to child age 4. Maternal scaffolding behaviors and children's emotion regulation competencies were assessed using behavioral coding schemes applied to observations of structured laboratory tasks, and maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems were based on parental reports. Results. Mothers who reported depressive symptoms above an established threshold at child age 3 had children who exhibited greater dysregulation and behavior problems at age 4. Depressed mothers were less effective at providing emotional, motivational, and technical scaffolding. Mothers who scaffolded less effectively, regardless of depression status, had children who were more emotionally dysregulated with more behavior problems by age 4. Scaffolding did not mediate maternal depression and child dysregulation. Conclusions. Maternal depression constitutes a risk factor for ineffective scaffolding, and scaffolding during the preschool period is related to children's emotional and behavioral competence.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327922par0604_1
DO - 10.1207/s15327922par0604_1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34748865620
VL - 6
SP - 271
EP - 295
JO - Parenting
JF - Parenting
SN - 1529-5192
IS - 4
ER -