Intergenerational effects of maternal depression and co-occurring antisocial behaviors: The mediating role of parenting-related processes.

ABSTRACT: Co-occurring maternal depression and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) are associated with the development of psychopathology in children, yet little is known about risk mechanisms. In a sample of 122 racially diverse and economically disadvantaged families, we prospectively investigated (a) to what extent child socioemotional problems were related to maternal depression-only, ASPD-only, or the co-occurrence of both and (b) specificity in parenting-related mechanisms linking single-type or comorbid maternal psychopathology to child outcomes at age 3. Compared to mothers without either ASPD or depression, exposure to maternal depression-only and comorbid depression/ASPD predicted child problems as a function of greater parenting stress and lower maternal sensitivity. Mothers with comor

SUBMITTER: Russotti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9898466 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature