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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

The Buffering Role of Attachment on the Relation between Maternal Depression and Child Behavior Problems

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Developmental

  • Paige Whittenburg
    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Jessica Stern
    University of Virginia
  • Bonnie Brett
    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Jacquelyn Gross
    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Jude Cassidy
    University of Maryland, College Park

Abstract

Maternal depressive symptoms (MDS) are associated with child internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, but theory suggests that child attachment security may buffer these effects. In this study of 132 mothers and their children, children who were securely attached were protected from the negative effects of MDS on internalizing problems.

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