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)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Marakovitz, S., Wagmiller, R. L., Mian, N. D., & Carter, A. S. (2011). Lost toy? Monsters under the bed? Contributions of temperament and family factors to early internalizing problems in boys and girls. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology,40(2) 233-244.
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