Emotional availability and social skills: A link between mother-child depressive symptoms
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Curran, Timothy
Abstract / Description
This research examined the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms from mothers to their adult children through two succeeding mediators: a child’s perception of emotional availability from their mothers, and a child’s social skills. To do so, this study integrated principles from the integrative model of risk from depressed mother to offspring, attachment theory, and the social skills deficit theory of depression. Child reports of depressive symptoms, perceived emotional availability from mothers, and social skills were assessed as well as mother reports of depressive symptoms from 224 (N = 448) mother-child dyads. Results showed that maternal depressive symptoms were significantly related to child perceptions of emotional availability. Moreover, emotional availability was positively related to child social skills, which in turn was negatively related to child depressive symptoms. Additionally, the indirect effect from maternal depressive symptoms to child depressive symptoms through the mediators was significant. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
Keyword(s)
depressive symptoms emotional availability social skills mother-child relationshipPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-12-23
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
10
Issue
2
Page numbers
149–160
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Curran, T. (2016). Emotional availability and social skills: A link between mother-child depressive symptoms. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(2), 149–160. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i2.211
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Curran, Timothy
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Date of first publication2016-12-23
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Abstract / DescriptionThis research examined the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms from mothers to their adult children through two succeeding mediators: a child’s perception of emotional availability from their mothers, and a child’s social skills. To do so, this study integrated principles from the integrative model of risk from depressed mother to offspring, attachment theory, and the social skills deficit theory of depression. Child reports of depressive symptoms, perceived emotional availability from mothers, and social skills were assessed as well as mother reports of depressive symptoms from 224 (N = 448) mother-child dyads. Results showed that maternal depressive symptoms were significantly related to child perceptions of emotional availability. Moreover, emotional availability was positively related to child social skills, which in turn was negatively related to child depressive symptoms. Additionally, the indirect effect from maternal depressive symptoms to child depressive symptoms through the mediators was significant. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationCurran, T. (2016). Emotional availability and social skills: A link between mother-child depressive symptoms. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(2), 149–160. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i2.211en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1746
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2112
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i2.211
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Keyword(s)depressive symptomsen_US
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Keyword(s)emotional availabilityen_US
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Keyword(s)social skillsen_US
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Keyword(s)mother-child relationshipen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleEmotional availability and social skills: A link between mother-child depressive symptomsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers149–160
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Volume10
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