Inhibitory control as a mediator of bidirectional effects between early oppositional behavior and maternal depression.

ABSTRACT: Maternal depression is an established risk factor for child conduct problems, but relatively few studies have tested whether children's behavioral problems exacerbate mothers' depression or whether other child behavioral characteristics (e.g., self-regulation) may mediate bidirectional effects between maternal depression and child disruptive behavior. This longitudinal study examined the parallel growth of maternal depressive symptoms and child oppositional behavior from ages 2 to 5; the magnitude and timing of their bidirectional effects; and whether child inhibitory control, a temperament-based self-regulatory mechanism, mediated effects between maternal depression and child oppositionality. A randomized control trial of 731 at-risk families assessed children annually from ages 2 to 5. T

SUBMITTER: Choe DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338025 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature