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Parental Depression and Economic Disadvantage: The Role of Parenting in Associations with Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10826-012-9582-4

1573-2843

Michelle M. Reising, Kelly H. Watson, Emily Hardcastle, Mary Jane Merchant, Lorinda Roberts, Rex Forehand, Bruce E. Compas,

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

This study examined the effects of parental depression symptoms, economic disadvantage, and parenting behaviors in 180 children and adolescents of depressed parents (ages 9-15 years-old). Analyses revealed that while parental depression symptoms, economic disadvantage, and disrupted parenting behaviors were related to children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms, disrupted parenting (e.g., intrusive, neglectful parenting) accounted for the association of parental depressive symptoms and economic disadvantage with children's symptoms. This study provides evidence that disrupted parenting may be a common or shared process through which both parental depression and economic disadvantage are associated with children's internalizing and externalizing problems.