The Role of Parenting Stress Between Parent Internalizing Symptoms and Children’s Outcomes Among Low-Income Families: A Longitudinal Study of Mothers and Fathers

This study examined the indirect influence of parenting stress on the association between parental internalizing symptoms and child outcomes in a sample of low-income mothers and fathers. The indirect pathway through maternal parenting stress predicted child externalizing behaviors, while the indirect pathway through paternal parenting stress predicted child internalizing symptoms.