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Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation.

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Kam, C-M; Greenberg, MT; Bierman, KL; Coie, JD; Dodge, KA; Foster, ME; Lochman, JE; McMahon, RJ; Pinderhughes, EE ...
Published in: Journal of abnormal child psychology
April 2011

This longitudinal study examined processes that mediate the association between maternal depressive symptoms and peer social preference during the early school years. Three hundred and fifty six kindergarten children (182 boys) and their mothers participated in the study. During kindergarten, mothers reported their level of depressive symptomatology. In first grade, teachers rated children's emotion regulation at school and observers rated the affective quality of mother-child interactions. During second grade, children's social preference was assessed by peer nomination. Results indicated that mothers' level of depressive symptomatology negatively predicted their child's social preference 2 years later, controlling for the family SES and teacher-rated social preference during kindergarten. Among European American families, the association between maternal depressive symptoms and social preference was partially mediated by maternal warmth and the child's emotion regulation. Although the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and children peer preference was stronger among African American families than Europrean American families, its mediation by the maternal warmth and child's emotion regulation was not found in African American families.

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Published In

Journal of abnormal child psychology

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EISSN

1573-2835

ISSN

0091-0627

Publication Date

April 2011

Volume

39

Issue

3

Start / End Page

365 / 377

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Behavior
  • Schools
  • Peer Group
  • Parenting
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Maternal Behavior
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
 

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Kam, C.-M., Greenberg, M. T., Bierman, K. L., Coie, J. D., Dodge, K. A., Foster, M. E., … Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, . (2011). Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(3), 365–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9468-0
Kam, Chi-Ming, Mark T. Greenberg, Karen L. Bierman, John D. Coie, Kenneth A. Dodge, Michael E. Foster, John E. Lochman, Robert J. McMahon, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, and Ellen E. Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. “Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation.Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 39, no. 3 (April 2011): 365–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9468-0.
Kam C-M, Greenberg MT, Bierman KL, Coie JD, Dodge KA, Foster ME, et al. Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation. Journal of abnormal child psychology. 2011 Apr;39(3):365–77.
Kam, Chi-Ming, et al. “Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation.Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 39, no. 3, Apr. 2011, pp. 365–77. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10802-010-9468-0.
Kam C-M, Greenberg MT, Bierman KL, Coie JD, Dodge KA, Foster ME, Lochman JE, McMahon RJ, Pinderhughes EE, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. Maternal depressive symptoms and child social preference during the early school years: mediation by maternal warmth and child emotion regulation. Journal of abnormal child psychology. 2011 Apr;39(3):365–377.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of abnormal child psychology

DOI

EISSN

1573-2835

ISSN

0091-0627

Publication Date

April 2011

Volume

39

Issue

3

Start / End Page

365 / 377

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Behavior
  • Schools
  • Peer Group
  • Parenting
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Maternal Behavior
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans