ArticleFamily relations2020
Midlife Children's and Older Mothers' Depressive Symptoms: Empathic Mother-Child Relationships as a Key Moderator.
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- Parental Postnatal Depression in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Its Effects on the Parent-Child Relationship and the Child's Developmental Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Intergenerational associations of depression and anxiety among adult mother-daughter dyads in China.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026Article
- Prodigal Children: Why Older Mothers Favor Their Once-Deviant Adult Children.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the link between midlife children's and older mothers' depressive symptoms, whether this link is exacerbated in highly empathic mother-child relationships (i.e., shared strong feelings of being loved, cared for, and understood in the mother-child tie), and whether these associations vary by children's gender.
backgroundEmpathic mother-child relationships in later life may intensify the link between midlife children's and older mothers' depressive symptoms. Yet little is known about the emotional implications of the mother-child tie for midlife daughters and sons.
methodThe sample included 234 midlife children (
resultsMidlife children had greater depressive symptoms when their mothers had greater depressive symptoms in the context of highly empathic mother-child relationships. This association was not moderated by children's gender.
conclusionThese findings underscore the enduring emotional salience of the mother-child tie and emphasize the importance of relationship characteristics that may heighten the link between midlife children's and their mothers' depressive symptoms. IMPLICATIONS: Interventions to prevent or treat depressive symptoms among midlife adults may benefit from accounting for the role that their mothers' depressive symptoms might play in maintaining these symptoms, particularly when mother-child ties are highly empathic.
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