Effects of Maternal Negativity and of Early and Recent Recurrent Depressive Disorder on Children's False Belief Understanding

Autor/inn/en	Rohrer, Lisa M.; Cicchetti, Dante; Rogosch, Fred A.; Toth, Sheree L.; Maughan, Angeline
Titel	Effects of Maternal Negativity and of Early and Recent Recurrent Depressive Disorder on Children's False Belief Understanding
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 1, S.170-181 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0021305
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Verbal Ability; Depression (Psychology); Negative Attitudes; Child Development; Parent Influence; At Risk Persons; Misconceptions; Young Children; Problem Solving; Developmental Stages; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Mündliche Leistung; Negative Fixierung; Kindesentwicklung; Risikogruppe; Missverständnis; Frühe Kindheit; Problemlösen
Abstract	Research has shown that children of depressed mothers are at risk for problems in a variety of developmental domains; however, little is known about the effects of maternal depression on children's emerging understanding of false beliefs. In this study, 3 false belief tasks were administered to 5-year-old children whose mothers had either met criteria for major depressive disorder within the first 20 months of the child's life (n = 91) or had never been depressed (n = 50). Significant difficulties in performance were found among the children of depressed mothers, especially those whose mothers had experienced early and recent recurrent depressive disorder. Regardless of diagnostic status, children whose mothers exhibited negativity during problem-solving tasks administered at an earlier developmental period also were less likely to demonstrate false belief understanding. These effects remained even after child verbal ability was controlled. (Contains 1 footnote, 5 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10