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This study examined linkages between divorce, depressive/withdrawn parenting, and child adjustment problems at home and school. Middle class divorced single mother families (n=35) and 2-parent families (n=174) with a child in the fourth grade participated. Mothers and teachers completed yearly questionnaires and children were interviewed when they were in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Structural equation modeling suggested that the association between divorce and child externalizing and internalizing behavior was partially mediated by depressive/withdrawn parenting when the children were in the fourth and fifth grades
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This study was supported by a grant (R29-48595) from the National Institute of Mental Health awarded to Rena Repetti; Jeffrey Wood was supported by a training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (Biobehavioral Issues in Physical and Mental Health; MH15750) and a UCLA Research Fellowship. We are very grateful to the children, teachers, and school administrators who participated in the study, and to the many research assistants who helped to collect the data.
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Wood, J.J., Repetti, R.L. & Roesch, S.C. Divorce and Children’s Adjustment Problems at Home and School: The Role of Depressive/Withdrawn Parenting. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 35, 121–142 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-004-1881-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-004-1881-6