TY - JOUR
T1 - Transactional effects among maternal depression, neighborhood deprivation, and child conduct problems from early childhood through adolescence
T2 - A tale of two low-income samples
AU - Shaw, Daniel S.
AU - Sitnick, Stephanie L.
AU - Reuben, Julia
AU - Dishion, Thomas J.
AU - Wilson, Melvin N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH50907 and National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA25630 (to D.S.S.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant Grants DA22773 and DA16110 (to D.S.S., T.J.D., and M.N.W.).
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© Cambridge University Press 2016.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - The current study sought to advance our understanding of transactional processes among maternal depression, neighborhood deprivation, and child conduct problems (CP) using two samples of low-income families assessed repeatedly from early childhood to early adolescence. After accounting for initial levels of negative parenting, independent and reciprocal effects between maternal depressive symptoms and child CP were evident across both samples, beginning in early childhood and continuing through middle childhood and adolescence. In addition, neighborhood effects were consistently found in both samples after children reached age 5, with earlier neighborhood effects on child CP and maternal depression found in the one exclusively urban sample of families with male children. The results confirm prior research on the independent contribution of maternal depression and child CP to the maintenance of both problem behaviors. The findings also have implications for designing preventative and clinical interventions to address child CP for families living in high-risk neighborhoods.
AB - The current study sought to advance our understanding of transactional processes among maternal depression, neighborhood deprivation, and child conduct problems (CP) using two samples of low-income families assessed repeatedly from early childhood to early adolescence. After accounting for initial levels of negative parenting, independent and reciprocal effects between maternal depressive symptoms and child CP were evident across both samples, beginning in early childhood and continuing through middle childhood and adolescence. In addition, neighborhood effects were consistently found in both samples after children reached age 5, with earlier neighborhood effects on child CP and maternal depression found in the one exclusively urban sample of families with male children. The results confirm prior research on the independent contribution of maternal depression and child CP to the maintenance of both problem behaviors. The findings also have implications for designing preventative and clinical interventions to address child CP for families living in high-risk neighborhoods.
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U2 - 10.1017/S095457941600033X
DO - 10.1017/S095457941600033X
M3 - Article
C2 - 27427808
AN - SCOPUS:84978877118
SN - 0954-5794
VL - 28
SP - 819
EP - 836
JO - Development and psychopathology
JF - Development and psychopathology
IS - 3
ER -