Preschoolers of dysphoric mothers

Claudia Lang; Tiffany Field; Jeffrey Pickens; Alex Martinez; Debra Bendell; Regina Yando; Donald Routh

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01394.x

Preschoolers of dysphoric mothers

Claudia Lang, Tiffany Field, Jeffrey Pickens, Alex Martinez, Debra Bendell, Regina Yando, Donald Routh

Pediatrics

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Abstract

Dysphoric mothers rated their preschool children as having more internalizing and externalizing behavior problems than children of nondysphoric mothers. Observers rated the dysphoric mothers as having more negative affect during play interactions, although their children's affect was not rated more negatively. The dysphoric mother-infant dyads were also rated as having a poorer quality interaction. These data suggest that mothers' chronic dysphoria (75% were chronically dysphoric) has a negative impact on the mothers' perceptions of their children as well as the mothers' and children's interaction behavior.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	221-224
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01394.x
State	Published - Feb 1996

Keywords

Dysphoric mothers
Preschoolers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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