| The question of whether long-term maternal depression or present maternal emotional state are more predictive of child depression was examined in a small study of 8- to 16-year-old predominantly Caucasian American children and their mothers. The investigators found that the current emotional state of the mother was most predictive of child behavioral problems, including child depression. Maternal depression, however, is possibly part of an additive model in which parenting behaviors are included (Burge & Hammen, 1991). |
