Parental Acceptance Moderates the Association between Caregivers’ and Children’s Internalizing Psychopathology in Boys but Not Girls

In 10,942 9- and-10-year-old children, parental acceptance and warmth moderated the relationship between caregiver’s and children’s internalizing psychopathology in male but not female children. Analyses revealed a weaker positive association between caregiver’s and male offspring’s internalizing psychopathology when parental acceptance was high compared to low parental acceptance.