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SUBMITTER: Choe DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4067488 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choe Daniel E DE Olson Sheryl L SL Sameroff Arnold J AJ
Child development 20130513 2
This study examined bidirectional associations between mothers' depressive symptoms and children's externalizing behavior and whether they were moderated by preschool-age effortful control and gender. Mothers and teachers reported on 224 primarily White, middle-class children at ages 3, 5, and 10. Effortful control was assessed via behavioral battery and mother ratings. Structural equation modeling indicated that maternal depressive symptoms at child age 3 predicted more externalizing behavior a ...[more]