TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Maternal depressive symptoms, rumination, and child emotion regulation
JO  - European child and adolescent psychiatry
A1  - Wu, Qiong
A1  - Feng, Xin
A1  - Gerhardt, Micah
A1  - Wang, Li
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Children of depressed mothers are at risk for maladaptive emotion regulation. This study examined a model of maternal rumination that links maternal depressive symptoms to child emotion regulation. A sample of 126 mother-child dyads (65 girls) participated in the current study, at three assessment points when children were age three, four, and five. At all assessment points, mothers reported their depressive symptoms and ruminative response style. Child emotion regulation was assessed observationally from two laboratory tasks, which were designed to elicit anger and sadness. Elevated maternal depressive symptoms were associated with higher concurrent rumination. Maternal rumination at child age four predicted that more child focus on distress during sadness-eliciting tasks and less child active distraction during anger-eliciting tasks 1 year later. Additionally, maternal rumination at child age three and four predicted less child passive behaviors in anger-eliciting tasks prospectively. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that maternal rumination is predictive of using maladaptive regulatory strategies among children of depressed mothers. This study has significant implications for intervention programs targeting depressed mothers and their children.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1018-8827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01430-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -