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06, 2021;52 (3): 439-449.

Parental Psychopathology and Oppositional Defiant Problems in Emerging Adults: Moderated Mediation by Temperament and Gender.

Cliff McKinney, Melanie Stearns
Author Information
  1. Cliff McKinney: Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA.
  2. Melanie Stearns: Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA. mas1285@msstate.edu. ORCID
PMID: 32712741 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-020-01030-4

Abstract

Previous studies have indicated that prenatal maternal depressive symptoms predicted toddler temperament, which led to childhood irritability, an important component to ODD problems. In addition, children with ODD problems continue to have difficulties as they transition into emerging adulthood. The current study examined whether present-day emerging adult temperament mediated the relationship between perceived parental psychopathology (e.g., depressive, anxiety, and antisocial problems) and emerging adult ODD problems (e.g., affective and behavioral components). Further, emerging adult and parent gender was examined as a moderator (i.e., moderated mediation). The current study asked a sample of 973 emerging adults to report upon the psychological problems of their parents as well as their own temperament and ODD problems. Negative affect and effortful control mediated the relationship between maternal anxiety problems and female affective and behavioral ODD problems. Similarly, effortful control mediated the relationship between paternal antisocial problems and male behavioral ODD problems. Significant indirect effects occurred for the mother-daughter and father-son dyads only, suggesting moderated mediation by child and parent gender. Thus, temperament may be one process which explains the relationship between parental psychopathology and emerging adult ODD problems, and this process differed by parent and child gender.

Keywords

Emerging adult: oppositional defiant Gender Parental psychopathology Temperament

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MeSH Term

Adolescent
Adult
Adult Children
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Child of Impaired Parents
Depressive Disorder
Fathers
Female
Humans
Irritable Mood
Male
Mediation Analysis
Mothers
Parents
Problem Behavior
Sex Factors
Temperament
Young Adult
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