title: Associations of Parent-Child Anxious and Depressive Symptoms When a Caregiver Has a History of Depression.
abstract: We examined the associations between parent and child anxious and depressive symptoms controlling for co-occurring symptoms in both. One hundred and four families participated, including 131 9-15 year old children considered at risk for anxiety and/or depression due to a history of depression in a parent. Parents and children completed questionnaires assessing depressive and anxious symptoms. Linear Mixed Models analyses controlling for the alternate parent and child symptoms indicated that both parent and child depressive symptoms and parent and child anxious symptoms were positively associated. Parental depressive symptoms were not positively associated with child anxious symptoms, and parental anxious symptoms were not positively associated with child depressive symptoms. The findings provide evidence for positive specific links between parent and child development of same-syndrome, but not cross-syndrome, symptoms when a caregiver has a history of depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
authors.forename: Christina J M
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Colletti
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
authors.forename: Rex
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forehand
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garai
authors.affiliation: Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKee
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Champion
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Compas
keywords: Anxious symptoms; Child; Depressive symptoms; Parent
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