Examined relation between maternal depressive symptomatology and behavior of conduct-disordered children (n=47) toward their mothers, fathers, and siblings. Maternal symptomatology interacted with children's behavior toward all family members. Children whose mothers were distressed tended to be more compliant and less aversive toward them than…

Contrasted maternal depressive symptomatology on child behavior from study of mothers (N=51) and their conduct-disordered children. Found children of distressed mothers more maladjusted when measured on global rating, but better adjusted when measured using interactional measure. Results suggest that conduct-disordered children display…