Preschoolers of Dysphoric Mothers
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 37 (2) , 221-224
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01394.x
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.Keywords
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