Effects of maternal negativity and of early and recent recurrent depressive disorder on children's false belief understanding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9791646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa M Rohrer (University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Dante Cicchetti (0000-0002-6347-1278), Fred A Rogosch (0000-0002-3997-5708, University of Rochester), Sheree L Toth (0000-0002-8399-0374, University of Rochester), Angeline Maughan (University of Rochester) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 170-181 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0021305 |
| PMID | 21244156 |
| PMCID | PMC4459575 |
| OpenAlex | W2085886472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Research has shown that children of depressed mothers are at risk for problems in a variety of developmental domains; however, little is known about the effects of maternal depression on children's emerging understanding of false beliefs. In this study, 3 false belief tasks were administered to 5-year-old children whose mothers had either met criteria for major depressive disorder within the first 20 months of the child's life (n = 91) or had never been depressed (n = 50). Significant difficulties in performance were found among the children of depressed mothers, especially those whose mothers had experienced early and recent recurrent depressive disorder. Regardless of diagnostic status, children whose mothers exhibited negativity during problem-solving tasks administered at an earlier developmental period also were less likely to demonstrate false belief understanding. These effects remained even after child verbal ability was controlled
Cognition · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · False belief · Major depressive disorder · Negativity effect · Psychiatry · Theory of mind · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Infant Health and Development · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |