Transactional patterns of depressive symptoms between mothers and adolescents: The role of emotion regulation

Felton, Julia W.; Schwartz, Karen T. G.; Oddo, Lauren E.; Lejuez, Carl W.; Chronis‐Tuscano, Andrea

doi:10.1002/da.23225

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“…The present study is the first to examine the associations between extrinsic IER and depressive symptoms using a dyadic perspective. Considering that extrinsic IER is an essentially dyadic process (Zaki & Williams, 2013) and that depression development is a highly transactional process (Felton et al, 2021), our results address an important gap in the literature and shed unique light on how parents' and adolescents' use of extrinsic IER is related to adolescent and parent depression. Relatedly, this is one of the first studies to examine extrinsic IER from early to late adolescence (cf., Main et al, 2016), as prior investigations examined either earlier or later periods in development.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…For example, a study following early adolescents (age 11) and their parents over three years showed that adolescents' depression and anxiety symptoms predicted increases in parent depressive symptoms over time (Johnco et al, 2021). Similarly, a four-year longitudinal study of mid-adolescent (age 15) mother-daughter dyads showed that adolescents' depressive symptoms predict subsequent parental emotion dysregulation (Felton et al, 2021).…”

Section: Extrinsic Ier and Adolescent Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interpersonal emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in parent-adolescent dyads: A daily-diary investigation

Gadassi Polack,

Questel,

Sened

et al. 2023

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Extrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation (IER), or how people regulate others’ emotions, has been examined as a risk factor for adolescent depression. Although IER and depression development are transactional, dyadic processes, previous work has almost exclusively focused on how parental IER is associated with adolescent depression. The association between parental IER and parental depression, and the associations between adolescent IER and adolescent and parent depression, have received little attention. Moreover, most studies have focused on the regulation of negative but not positive affect. We address these gaps by examining associations between parent and adolescent IERs and depressive symptoms using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model framework. For 28 days, 112 parent-adolescent dyads (adolescents aged 12-18 years) completed a dyadic daily-diary, reporting IER strategies employed in response to dyad members’ positive and negative affect and their own depressive symptoms. Our results, based on 5442 data points, show that the use of positive- and negative-affect-worsening IERs is associated with more depression in the regulator (be it parent or adolescent). Surprisingly, parents’ use of more negative-affect improving IERs was associated with more depression. Finally, adolescents’ use of positive-affect improving IERs was associated to their own decreased depression. Overall, parents (vs. adolescents) used more negative- and positive-affect-improving extrinsic IERs, whereas adolescents used more positive-affect-worsening extrinsic IERs. Our results highlight the importance of using dyadic designs in studying depression and IER as well as the need to consider who is regulating, the valence of the affect regulated, and the type of strategy used.

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Section: Strengths Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 62%

Section: Extrinsic Ier and Adolescent Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interpersonal emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in parent-adolescent dyads: A daily-diary investigation

Gadassi Polack,

Questel,

Sened

et al. 2023

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“…Moreover, while maternal depression has been suggested as an important predictor of adolescent depression ( 32 ), the mechanism may be both direct and indirect ( 32 ). Maternal depression influences the social and emotional functioning of adolescents, as adolescents with depressive mothers are easily exposed to emotion regulation difficulties ( 33 ), resulting in poor relationships with their mothers ( 34 ) and poor interpersonal function ( 35 ). Poor interpersonal function may develop emotional vulnerability in adolescents ( 36 ).…”

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Association of maternal mental health and drinking/smoking with adolescents’ mental health based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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IntroductionDepression is one of the major concerns in adolescence, with a global prevalence of approximately 5%. Diverse environmental factors can affect the development of depression depending on the individual developmental stage.MethodsUsing data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), we aimed to investigate the association between socioeconomic factors and mental health in a population of non-clinically ill adolescents in Korea totaling 6,261 adolescents aged 12–18 years.ResultsDrinking, smoking, stress, depressed mood, suicidal ideation in adolescents, and stress, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation in mothers were identified as factors associated with adolescent depression. In addition to depressed mood and suicidal ideation, the higher perception of stress in mothers was related to higher stress perception, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation in adolescents. The association of adolescents’ mental health with fathers’ mental health was weaker than that with mothers’ mental health. Additionally, increased smoking and drinking were commonly reported in adolescents with higher stress perception, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation.DiscussionWe conclude that close monitoring of mental health is required for adolescents with drinking and smoking habits and mothers with mental health problems.

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“…These dynamic processes have significant implications for each family member's psychological well-being. One possible mechanism that may explain these effects is the tendency for children's expressions of emotion and behavior dysregulation (e.g., crying and tantrums) to overwhelm the emotional capacity of their parents, causing distress, and eliciting coercive parenting behaviors (i.e., irritable, critical, and harsh parenting) that in turn exacerbate internalizing and externalizing problems in children (e.g., conduct problems and emotion dysregulation) (Felton et al, 2021;Hails et al, 2018;Schwartz et al, 2011). Decreased family cohesion and increased family conflict resulting from children's internalizing and externalizing problems may also compromise the marital relationship and deplete parents' coping resources, leading to greater parental depression and more negative parenting behaviors (Elgar et al, 2003;Fanti et al, 2013;Gross et al, 2008;Hails et al, 2018;Russell et al, 2019).…”

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Reciprocal associations between parental depression and child cognition: Pathways to children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms

Chad-Friedman,

Zhang,

Donohue

et al. 2023

Dev Psychopathol

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Parental depression is a risk factor for children’s cognitive and psychological development. Literature has found reciprocal relations between parental depression and child psychopathology and effects of parental depression on children’s cognition. The present study is the first to examine reciprocity among parental depression and child cognition, and pathways to child psychopathology. Structural equation models were conducted using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a nationally representative sample of 3,001 economically marginalized families. Measures were collected in four waves from 14 months to 10–11 years. Reciprocal associations emerged between maternal and paternal depression at from 14 months to 5 years. Reciprocal parental depression was associated with greater psychopathology at age 10–11. Maternal depression predicted poorer child cognition, which indirectly predicted increased depression in mothers of children aged 3–5 through paternal depression, and in fathers at age 3, through earlier paternal depression. This study was unable to parse within- and between-person effects. Additionally, data for paternal depression was limited to ages 2 and 3. Findings emphasize the transactional nature of child cognition and child and parent psychopathology, supporting family focused intervention and prevention efforts that target parent psychopathology and child cognition.

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Transactional patterns of depressive symptoms between mothers and adolescents: The role of emotion regulation

Cited by 14 publications

References 60 publications

Interpersonal emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in parent-adolescent dyads: A daily-diary investigation

Interpersonal emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in parent-adolescent dyads: A daily-diary investigation

Association of maternal mental health and drinking/smoking with adolescents’ mental health based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Reciprocal associations between parental depression and child cognition: Pathways to children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms

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