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A meta-analytic examination of sensitive responsiveness as a mediator between depression in mothers and psychopathology in children.
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Attachment & Human Development . Aug2024, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p273-300. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The current meta-analysis examined the mediating role of sensitive-responsive parenting in the relationship between depression in mothers and internalizing and externalizing behavior in children. A systematic review of the path of maternal sensitive responsiveness to child psychopathology identified eligible studies. Meta-analytic structural equation modelling (MASEM) allowed for the systematic examination of the magnitude of the indirect effect across 68 studies (N = 15,579) for internalizing and 92 studies (N = 26,218) for externalizing psychopathology. The synthesized sample included predominantly White, English-speaking children (age range = 1 to 205 months; Mage = 66 months; 47% female) from Western, industrialized countries. The indirect pathway was small in magnitude and similar for externalizing (b =.02) and internalizing psychopathology (b =.01). Moderator analyses found that the indirect pathway for externalizing problems was stronger when mother-child interactions were observed during naturalistic and free-play tasks rather than structured tasks. Other tested moderators were not significant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
*CHILD psychopathology
*RESEARCH funding
*CHILDREN of parents with disabilities
*PARENTING
*META-analysis
*STRUCTURAL equation modeling
*SYSTEMATIC reviews
*MEDLINE
*PSYCHOLOGY of mothers
*MOTHERHOOD
*MOTHER-child relationship
*PSYCHOANALYTIC theory
*MENTAL depression
*PATHOLOGICAL psychology
*PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14616734
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Attachment & Human Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178651124
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2359689