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- Title
Remission of maternal depression: relations to family functioning and youth internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
- Authors
Foster, Cynthia Ewell; Webster, Melissa C; Weissman, Myrna M; Pilowsky, Daniel J; Wickramaratne, Priya J; Talati, Ardesheer; Rush, A John; Hughes, Carroll W; Garber, Judy; Malloy, Erin; Cerda, Gabrielle; Kornstein, Susan G; Alpert, Jonathan E; Wisniewski, Stephen R; Trivedi, Madhukar H; Fava, Maurizio; King, Cheryl A
- Abstract
Family functioning and parenting were hypothesized to mediate the relation between remission of maternal depression and children's psychosocial adjustment. Participants were 114 mother-child dyads participating in the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression Child 3-month follow-up. All mothers had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and were treated initially with citalopram; 33% of mothers experienced remission of depressive symptoms. Youth ranged in age from 7 to 17. Remission of maternal depression was associated with changes in children's reports of their mothers' warmth/acceptance, which in turn partially mediated the relation between maternal depression remission and youth internalizing symptoms, accounting for 22.9% of the variance.
- Publication
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 2008, Vol 37, Issue 4, p714
- ISSN
1537-4424
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/15374410802359726