Parenting and Early Adolescent Internalizing

The Importance of Teasing Apart Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms

Bibliographic Data

ID11670862
AuthorsLesley E Johnson (Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA, corresponding author), Mark T Greenberg (0000-0001-7189-5882, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue2
Pages201-226
Publication date2012-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431611435261
PMID24027352
PMCIDPMC3767477
OpenAlexW2033190558
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited53

This community-based study examined differences in parenting quality and parent symptoms for youth in four categories: anxious (elevated anxiety symptoms), depressed (elevated depressive symptoms), comorbid (elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms), and nonelevated (elevations of neither type). Respondents were 976 young adolescents (mean age = 11.3) and their parents (912 mothers, 647 fathers) randomly selected from 28 rural/small town communities. Results indicated that depressed and comorbid groups were associated with significantly lower parenting quality and higher parent psychopathology compared to the nonelevated and anxious groups. This pattern was generally consistent across reporters (youth, mother, and father) and four domains of or related to parenting (support/warmth, conflict/anger, general child management (GCM), and parent psychopathology). Results highlight the importance of accounting for comorbidity when examining relationships between psychopathology symptoms and related variables such as parenting. Implications include the need to address relationships with parents when intervening with youth at risk for or experiencing elevated depressive symptoms

Anger · Anxiety · Association (psychology · Comorbidity · Conduct disorder · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Developmental psychopathology · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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