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Direct linkJacques, Debrielle T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Davies, Patrick T.; Cicchetti, Dante – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Prior work suggests that substance-dependent mothers insensitively respond to their child's emotional needs, which can increase children's risk for psychopathology. However, the mechanisms and processes underlying these associations remain unclarified. Mothers' insensitivity to children's distress is an especially unique predictor of child…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Addictive Behavior, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Suor, Jennifer H.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Davies, Patrick T.; Cicchetti, Dante; Manning, Liviah G. – Child Development, 2015
Guided by family risk and allostasis theoretical frameworks, the present study utilized a prospective longitudinal design to examine associations among family risk experiences, basal cortisol patterns, and cognitive functioning in children. The sample included 201 low-income children living within a midsize city in the Northeastern United States.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Metabolism, Cognitive Ability
Davies, Patrick T.; Cicchetti, Dante – Child Development, 2014
This study tested the 5-HTTLPR gene as a moderator in the relation between maternal unresponsiveness and child externalizing symptoms in a disadvantaged, predominantly Black sample of two hundred and one 2-year-old children and their mothers. Using a multimethod, prospective design, structural equation model analyses indicated that maternal…
Descriptors: Genetics, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior
Bascoe, Sonnette M.; Davies, Patrick T.; Cummings, E. Mark – Child Development, 2012
Translating relationship boundaries conceptualizations to the study of sibling relationships, this study examined the utility of sibling enmeshment and disengagement in predicting child adjustment difficulties in a sample of 282 mothers and adolescents (mean age = 12.7 years). Mothers completed a semistructured interview at the first measurement…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict, Sibling Relationship, Siblings
Davies, Patrick T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Woitach, Meredith J.; Cummings, E. Mark – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Toward advancing conceptualizations of the spillover hypothesis, this study examined the conditions and mechanisms underlying the transmission of distress from the interparental relationship to parenting difficulties over a 2-year period in a sample of 233 mothers (M = 35.0 years) and fathers (M = 36.8 years) of kindergarten children. Findings…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Conflict
Cummings, E. Mark; Keller, Peggy S.; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Research has focused on maternal dysphoria and child adjustment. However, family process models indicate gaps in the study of paternal dysphoria, broader family functioning, and diverse child outcomes. Method: A community sample of 235 mothers and fathers of kindergarten children completed measures of depressive symptoms, family…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Kindergarten
