A two-way street: Mothers' and adolescent daughters' depression and PTSD symptoms jointly predict dyadic behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Dyadic interactions may be affected by the mental health of either partner; however, both partners' symptoms are typically not considered simultaneously in observational studies of parent-child relationships. Using the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), we examine how depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in mothers and adolescent daughters predict their own and each other's relational behaviors (warmth, hostility, communication) during interactions, and whether partners' relational behaviors predict changes in symptoms 1 month later. Participants include 150 mother (mean age = 41.6) and daughter (mean age = 15.1) dyads from diverse (57% Latina; 23% Black, 20% White), low-income families. Mothers and daughters reported on their symptoms and participated in a

SUBMITTER: Milan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6289761 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature