@article{ref1,
title="The Relation of Maternal Sensitivity to Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Within the Context of Maternal Depressive Symptoms",
journal="Behavior modification",
year="2009",
author="Garai, E. P. and Forehand, R. L. and Colletti, C. J. M. and Reeslund, K. and Potts, J. and Compas, Bruce E.",
volume="33",
number="5",
pages="559-582",
abstract="Maternal depression has been linked to deficits in parenting that contribute to youth’s development of externalizing and/or internalizing problems. Maternal sensitivity has been implicated within the infant literature as a foundational aspect of parenting contributing to a child’s adjustment. This study examines the main and moderating effects of a construct labeled maternal sensitivity, within the context of depressive symptoms, on youth externalizing and internalizing problems in a sample of 65 mothers with a history of depression and their 84 children ages 9-15 years. Sensitivity was related to child externalizing problems. Although two-way interactions were not significant, exploratory moderation analyses indicated a significant three-way interaction among maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and youth gender for internalizing problems: among girls only, high depressive symptoms, low sensitivity, and the combination of these two variables were each associated with high levels of internalizing problems.<p />",
language="",
issn="0145-4455",
doi="10.1177/0145445509342581",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445509342581"
}