Open AccessMaternal depression and parenting in early childhood: Contextual influence of marital quality and social support in two samples.
Author(s) -
Lindsay Taraban,
Daniel S. Shaw,
Leslie D. Leve,
Melvin N. Wilson,
Thomas J. Dishion,
Misaki N. Natsuaki,
Jenaè M. Neiderhiser,
David Reiss
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.318
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-0599
pISSN - 0012-1649
DOI - 10.1037/dev0000261
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychology , developmental psychology , social support , context (archaeology) , social environment , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , child rearing , depression (economics) , psychiatry , medline , social psychology , cognition , paleontology , macroeconomics , political science , law , economics , psychotherapist , biology
Marital quality and social support satisfaction were tested as moderators of the association between maternal depressive symptoms and parenting during early childhood (18-36 months) among 2 large, divergent, longitudinal samples (n = 526; n = 570). Unexpectedly, in both samples the association between maternal depressive symptoms and reduced parenting quality was strongest in the context of high marital quality and high social support, and largely nonsignificant in the context of low marital quality and low social support. Possible explanations for these surprising findings are discussed. Results point to the importance of accounting for factors in the broader family context in predicting the association between depressive symptoms and maternal parenting. (PsycINFO Database Record