Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 103-111.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.01.12

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The Effect of Maternal Depression on Preschooler's Problem Behaviors: Mediating Effects of Maternal and Paternal Parenting Stress

MA Xinyu1, CHEN Fumei1, XUAN Xin2, WANG Yun2, LI Yanfang1   

  1. 1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing 100875;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Published:2019-01-30

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Abstract: Although maternal depression has been found a negative impact on children's development in many studies, the mechanism of maternal depression effect has not clear yet. At the present study, we focus on parenting stress, which has been proved exerting an important effect on children's development. In this study, we investigate the problem behaviors of 2222 Beijing preschoolers from 75 kindergartens aged 3 to 5, and depression of their mothers, parenting stress of both mothers and fathers. Structural equation modeling was used to test the mediating role of parenting stress. Results showed (1) Maternal depression can predict the internal and external problem behaviors. (2) Maternal not only directly, but also indirectly predicts the internal problem behaviors of preschooler through two paths, which are maternal parenting stress and maternal parenting stress——paternal stress. (3) Maternal depression also indirectly predicts the external problem behaviors of preschooler through two paths, which are maternal parenting stress and maternal parenting stress——paternal stress, but no direct effect has been found. Parenting stress mediates the effect of maternal depression on preschoolers' internal and external problem behaviors.

Key words: maternal depression, paternal parenting stress, maternal parenting stress, problem behavior, preschooler

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  • B844
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