TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal relations in daily-reported maternal mood and disruptive child behavior
AU - Elgar, Frank J.
AU - Waschbusch, Daniel A.
AU - McGrath, Patrick J.
AU - Stewart, Sherry H.
AU - Curtis, Lori J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by doctoral fellowships from the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation and Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation awarded to the first author, grants from the Children’s Miracle Network/Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, IWK Foundation, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada awarded to the second author, and a research grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research awarded to the third author. We also thank the STP staff for their assistance in recruitment and data collection. Appreciation is also extended to Dr. Dan Offord and three blind reviewers for their comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Examined temporal relations between maternal mood and disruptive child behaviour using daily assessments of 30 mother-child dyads carried out over 8 consecutive weeks (623 pooled observations). Pooled time-series analyses showed synchronous fluctuation in child behaviour and maternal distress. Time-lagged models showed temporal relations between maternal and child outcomes that changed according to the type of maternal mood and child behaviour being reported. Controlling for cross-sectional relations, maternal anger and fatigue were related to previous child inattentive/impulsive/overactive behaviour (IO) and maternal confusion related to previous child oppositional/defiant behaviour (OD). However, maternal depression, low vigour, anger, and anxiety each predicted subsequent child IO and maternal confusion and anxiety each predicted subsequent child OD. Mutual influences on maternal and child functioning were interpreted in the context of interpersonal mechanisms that mediate psychological problems within families and their implications for treatment.
AB - Examined temporal relations between maternal mood and disruptive child behaviour using daily assessments of 30 mother-child dyads carried out over 8 consecutive weeks (623 pooled observations). Pooled time-series analyses showed synchronous fluctuation in child behaviour and maternal distress. Time-lagged models showed temporal relations between maternal and child outcomes that changed according to the type of maternal mood and child behaviour being reported. Controlling for cross-sectional relations, maternal anger and fatigue were related to previous child inattentive/impulsive/overactive behaviour (IO) and maternal confusion related to previous child oppositional/defiant behaviour (OD). However, maternal depression, low vigour, anger, and anxiety each predicted subsequent child IO and maternal confusion and anxiety each predicted subsequent child OD. Mutual influences on maternal and child functioning were interpreted in the context of interpersonal mechanisms that mediate psychological problems within families and their implications for treatment.
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JACP.0000026138.95860.81
DO - 10.1023/B:JACP.0000026138.95860.81
M3 - Article
C2 - 15228173
AN - SCOPUS:3042768381
SN - 0091-0627
VL - 32
SP - 237
EP - 247
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
IS - 3
ER -
