Parent Perceptions and Parent-Child Interactions in Clinic-Referred Children: A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Maternal Depressive Moods

Author(s)

Jan Faust, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Rex Forehand, University of Georgia
Gary J. Lautenschlager, University of Georgia
William G. Graziano, University of Georgia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1986

Publication Title

Behavior Research and Therapy

Volume

24

Issue/Number

1

First Page

73

ISSN

0005-7967

Last Page

75

Abstract/Excerpt

The purpose of the present study was to test a model in which maternal depressive moods were hypothesized to have both a direct effect on parent perceptions of child maladjustment and an indirect effect on child noncompliant behavior through the mother's parenting behavior. Fifty-five mothers and their young clinic-referred children served as Ss. Mothers completed depression and child perception measures and mother-child interactions were observed in the home. A path analysis indicated that the model was a good fit to the data as maternal depression was associated with perceptions of child maladjustment and with parenting behavior which was itself associated with child behavior.

DOI

10.1016/0005-7967(86)90152-X

NSUWorks Citation

Faust, J., Forehand, R., Lautenschlager, G. J., Graziano, W. G. (1986). Parent Perceptions and Parent-Child Interactions in Clinic-Referred Children: A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Maternal Depressive Moods. Behavior Research and Therapy, 24(1), 73-75.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/166