Parent Depression Symptoms and Child Temperament Outcomes: A Family Study Approach

Gagne, Jeffrey R.; Spann, Catherine A.; Prater, Jerry C.

doi:10.1111/jabr.12013

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“…In this sample, we previously found that maternal depression (as assessed in the same manner as the current study) was significantly associated with parent-rated negative temperament traits in children (Gagne, Spann, et al, 2013), suggesting that mothers with higher levels of depression symptoms have more negative views of their children's behaviour. Similar to child age, the bivariate results related to maternal mental health symptoms in the present study were contextualized depending on mode of IC assessment.…”

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“…Various parental factors including personality (e.g., neuroticism), emotion/affect, parenting style, substance use, and mental health symptoms have been examined in previous studies. In preliminary analyses with this sample using only questionnaire data, parent depressive symptoms were associated with lower parent‐reported IC in preschool‐aged children (Gagne, Spann, & Prater, ). Several other studies have examined the effects of parent depressive symptoms on child IC and related variables (i.e., other temperament dimensions and behavioural maladjustment).…”

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A multimethod study of inhibitory control and behavioural problems in preschoolers

Gagne

Chang

Fang³

et al. 2018

Infant and Child Development

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Low levels of inhibitory control (IC) are associated with multiple cognitive and socio‐emotional difficulties including externalizing behavioural problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, conclusions depend somewhat on the method of IC assessment. This investigation examined associations between child IC and behavioural problems and maternal depression and anxiety employing a family study design. Child IC was assessed using a parent rating scale, three independent observer ratings, two laboratory‐based temperament episodes, and an executive functioning task. Correlational results showed that parent‐rated IC was associated with all behavioural problems' scales, whereas observed IC was specifically associated with ADHD, aggressive, attention, and externalizing behavioural problems. Structural equation modelling analyses including child age and gender indicated that all IC variables significantly predicted externalizing and ADHD behavioural problems. The model accounted for overlapping variance across parent‐rated IC, child behavioural problems, and maternal mental health symptoms and showed that observed IC predicted externalizing and ADHD behavioural problems over and above these parent–rater effects. Results also showed that maternal depression and anxiety symptoms significantly predicted these behavioural problems even after controlling for the parent‐rater effects. These findings indicate that assessment methods are an important consideration when interpreting the results of early IC investigations. Highlights Do different measures of inhibitory control (IC) predict behaviour problems during preschool? SEM analyses indicated that observed IC predicted externalizing and ADHD behaviour problems over and above parent‐rater effects. Observations of IC show more specificity to externalizing and ADHD problems and are not susceptible to parent‐rater effects.

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A multimethod study of inhibitory control and behavioural problems in preschoolers

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Chang

Fang³

et al. 2018

Infant and Child Development

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“…Both bivariate correlational and regression analyses showed that parent depressive symptoms predicted child AL, as previous studies have shown (Gagne, Spann, et al., ; Gartstein & Fagot, ; Goodman et al., ; Goodman & Gotlib, ; Gunlicks & Weissman, ; Hannington et al., ; Hopkins et al., ; Lavigne et al., ; Rosenbaum et al., ; Slatcher & Trentacosta, ; Xu et al., ) . Parental depression symptoms did not predict child fear, possibly a function of examining this relationship from a broad trait perspective.…”

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“…For example, previous studies have acknowledged predictive relationships between parental mental health status and child temperament outcomes (Achtergarde, Postert, Wessing, Romer, & Muller, ; Gagne, Spann, et al., ; Rutter & Quinton, ). Several investigations have indicated that depressed mothers perceive their children as being more difficult than nondepressed mothers (Edhborg, Seimyr, Lundh, & Widstrom, ; Gagne, Spann, et al., ; Gunlicks & Weissman, ; Hannington, Ramchandani, & Stein, ; Ventura & Stevenson, ). Specifically, parental depressive symptoms are associated with increased fearfulness and AL (Gagne, Spann, et al., ; Goodman, Adamson, Riniti, & Cole, ; Goodman & Gotlib, ; Gunlicks & Weissman, ; Hannington et al., ; Hopkins, Lavigne, Gouze, LeBailly, & Bryant, ; Lavigne et al., ; Rosenbaum et al., ; Xu, Neece, & Parker, ).…”

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“…Two commonly studied dimensions of child temperament are activity level (AL) and fear (Gagne et al, 2009). Activity level is defined as the general amount of motor activity exhibited by the child or intensity of movement (Gagne, Spann, & Prater, 2013). Fear, or behavioral inhibition, refers to distress towards threatening stimuli (Gagne, Spann, et al, 2013); fear can be further examined as object fear and social fear.…”

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An exploratory genetic analysis: Associations between parent depression symptoms, child temperament, and the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5HTTLPR)

Gazor

Fang

Gagne

2017

J Appl Biobehavioral Res

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Child temperament has been shown to be biologically based and heritable; however, genetic association studies of temperament have been fairly inconclusive, and the role that parental depressive symptoms play is largely unexplored in this context. The relationship between parent depressive symptoms and the child temperament dimensions of fear and activity level (AL) were examined in 100 sibling pairs 2.5–5.5 years of age and their mothers. Parent reports of child temperament and parent self‐reports of depressive symptoms were obtained from families, as well as DNA samples from each child during their lab visit. Associations between the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) polymorphism 5‐HTTLPR/rs25531 and the phenotypic variables were also explored. Parent depressive symptoms were significantly related to higher child AL, but minimally associated with fear outcomes. More powerful regression analyses revealed that parent depressive symptoms, child gender, and child age predicted child AL, but only child gender and age predicted child fear. In our exploratory candidate gene analyses, the low‐expressing genotypes of the 5‐HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism predicted child fearfulness, but not child AL. Our phenotypic findings indicate that a child with at least one parent with depressive symptoms is more likely to have higher AL, and results of the initial genetic analyses show that the 5‐HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism is associated with child fearfulness. Future research employing larger samples, observational assessments, and related child behavioral maladjustment measures will further clarify these findings.

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Parental genetic contributions to neonatal temperament in a nonhuman primate (Macaca mulatta) model

Wood

Hunter

Olsen

et al. 2021

Developmental Psychobiology

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Temperament is an individual's nature and is widely believed to have a heritable foundation. Few studies, however, have evaluated paternal and maternal contributions to the triadic dimensions of temperament. Rhesus monkeys are widely utilized to model genetic contributions to human development due to their close genetic-relatedness and common temperament structure, providing a powerful translational model for investigating paternal and maternal genetic influences on temperament. The temperament of rhesus monkey infants born to 19 different sires and 50 different dams was assessed during the first month of life by comparing the temperament of paternal or maternal half-siblings reared with their mothers in species-normative conditions or reared in a neonatal nursery. Factor scores from three dimensions of temperament were obtained (Orienting/Regulation, Negative Affectivity, and Surgency/ Extraversion) and ANOVAs were used to assess genetic effects. For paternal halfsiblings, results showed a statistically significant paternal contribution to Orienting/ Regulation, Negative Affectivity, and Surgency/Extraversion factor scores. For maternal half-siblings, results showed a statistically significant contribution to Orienting/ Regulation factor scores. When parsed by early rearing condition, results showed a paternal contribution Orienting/Regulation, Negative Affectivity, and Surgency/ Extraversion scores for paternal half-siblings reared in the neonatal nursery, while there was only a paternal contribution to Surgency/Extraversion for paternal halfsiblings reared by their mothers. There was only a maternal contribution to Orienting/ Regulation for maternal half-siblings reared by their mothers. These results show that paternal and maternal contributions to temperament vary by environmental context, and that mothers may environmentally buffer their infants from paternal contributions to their temperament.

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Parent Depression Symptoms and Child Temperament Outcomes: A Family Study Approach

Cited by 9 publications

References 65 publications

A multimethod study of inhibitory control and behavioural problems in preschoolers

A multimethod study of inhibitory control and behavioural problems in preschoolers

An exploratory genetic analysis: Associations between parent depression symptoms, child temperament, and the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5HTTLPR)

Parental genetic contributions to neonatal temperament in a nonhuman primate (Macaca mulatta) model

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