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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Correlations between maternal depression, parenting, marital interaction, and child behavior for G1 (n = 35) and G2 (n = 35)

From: Behavioral problems and their relationship to maternal depression, marital relationships, social skills and parenting

Mother

Infant G1

  

Infant G2

  
 

Child social skills—QRSH

Child social skills—RE-HSE-P

Reports of behavioral problems—RE-HSE-P

Child social skills—QRSH

Child social skills—RE-HSE-P

Reports of behavioral problems—RE-HSE-P

 

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

Maternal depression clinical score-PHQ-9

0.01 (0.970)

− 0.19 (0.263)

0.12 (0.511)

0.54 (0.001)**

− 0.09 (0.583)

0.34 (0.047)

Positive parenting–RE-HSE-P

0.01 (0.945)

0.60 (0.000)**

− 0.06 (0.709)

0.19 (0.283)

0.28 (0.107)

− 0.04 (0.800)

Diversity of context of interactions– RE-HSE-P

0.07 (0.687)

0.32 (0.056)

0.08 (0.647)

0.19 (0.267)

0.01 (0.556)

− 0.15 (0.376)

Negative parenting– RE-HSE-P

− 0.04 (0.824)

0.03 (0.853)

0.05 (0.002)**

0.09 (0.621)

0.37 (0.028)*

0.51 (0.002)**

Factor 1 QRC—Total positive

0.11 (0.530)

0.09 (0.602)

− 0.08 (0.626)

0.26 (0.128)

0.27 (0.121)

− 0.16 (0.366)

Factor 2 QRC—Total negative

− 0.10 (0.558)

0.09 (0.605)

− 0.12 (0.479)

− 0.32 (0.058)

− 0.13 (0.464)

0.33 (0.50)*

Factor 3 QRC—marital satisfaction

− 0.21 (0.227)

− 0.32 (0.059)

0.16 (0.351)

− 0.27 (0.114)

0.06 (0.735)

0.15 (0.397)

  1. *The correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2 extremities)
  2. **The correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2 extremities)
  3. QRSH, PHQ-9, RE-HSE-P, QRC = acronyms of instruments