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Differences Between Children of Depressed and Non‐depressed Mothers: Locus of Control, Anxiety and Self‐esteem: a Research Note
Author(s) -
Politano P. M.,
Stapleton Laura A.,
Correll J. A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00879.x
Subject(s) - psychology , locus of control , anxiety , self esteem , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Fifty‐six mothers (26 depressed and 30 non‐depressed) and their children were assessed on three measures: locus of control, anxiety and self‐esteem. T ‐tests of results indicated significant differences between the groups of mothers across all three measures. There were significant differences between the two groups of children on stale anxiety, total score on the self‐esteem measure and social self‐esteem, with the children of non‐depressed mothers being lower on state anxiety and showing higher levels of self‐esteem. Other aspects of self‐esteem and locus of control did not show significant differences between the groups. A correlation matrix revealed that trait anxiety in the children of depressed mothers was significantly correlated with the mothers' depression, but not the mothers' anxiety. An analysis of discriminant functions found that a more anxious mood slate and feelings of fear and worry were associated with the children of the depressed mothers.