Within-Family Differences in Internalizing Behaviors: The Role of Children's Perspectives of the Mother-child Relationship

Kristen L. Frampton; Jennifer M. Jenkins; Judy Dunn

doi:10.1007/s10802-009-9385-2

Within-Family Differences in Internalizing Behaviors: The Role of Children's Perspectives of the Mother-child Relationship

Kristen L. Frampton, Jennifer M. Jenkins, Judy Dunn

Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry

University of Toronto

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The goal of this exploratory, within-family, longitudinal study was to examine whether children's perspectives of the mother-child relationship explained within-family differences in children's responses to a shared family stressor (maternal depressive symptoms) over time. Children (ages 8 to 15 years; N = 68) residing in 34 families were drawn from a general population study in the UK. Predictor variables were assessed at Time 1 and change in internalizing behavior from Time 1 to Time 2 (2 years later) was examined. As children were nested within families, data were analyzed using multilevel modeling, controlling for previous child behavior. Child perspective of the mother-child relationship, in interaction with maternal depressive symptoms, was found to explain within-family differences in internalizing over time. Children with a negative perspective (compared to mothers' perspectives) were the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of maternal depressive symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	557 - 568
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9385-2
Publication status	Published - May 2010

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Within-Family Differences in Internalizing Behaviors: The Role of Children's Perspectives of the Mother-child Relationship

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