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Abstract

This study was designed to examine the contribution of multiple risk factors to early internalizing problems and to investigate whether family and ecological context moderated the association between child temperament and internalizing outcomes. A sample of 1,202 mothers of 2- and 3-year-old children completed a survey of child social-emotional functioning, family environment, and violence exposure. Child temperament, maternal affective symptoms, and family expressiveness were associated with child anxiety and depression problems. Violence exposure was related only to child anxiety. When maternal affective symptoms were elevated, inhibited girls but not boys were rated as more anxious and youngsters with heightened negative emotionality were rated as more depressed. Family expressiveness moderated the association between inhibited temperament and anxiety symptoms.

Publication Date

3-7-2011

Journal Title

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2011.546036

Document Type

Article

Comments

This is an Author’s Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology in 2011, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2011.546036

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