Risk factors for conduct problems and depressive symptoms in a cohort of Ukrainian children.
Potential risk factors for conduct problems and depressive symptoms were tested in a cohort of 10- to 12-year-old Ukrainian children (N = 544, 47.6% male). Risk factors examined were child emotional lability, child attention problems, poor mother-child communication, coercive maternal discipline, maternal depression, and low marital satisfaction. Results indicated that poor mother-child communication was related to conduct problems and depressive symptoms for both boys and girls. In addition, conduct problems and depression were associated with attention problems for boys and with low marital satisfaction for girls. Emotional lability was related specifically to conduct problems, and maternal punishment was related specifically to depressive symptoms.
Drabick
Deborah A G
DA
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. ddrabick@temple.edu
Beauchaine
Theodore P
TP
Gadow
Kenneth D
KD
Carlson
Gabrielle A
GA
Bromet
Evelyn J
EJ
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003142:Communication; D015897:Comorbidity; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology