The role of maternal psychopathology in externalizing disorders of adolescent girls

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Fatemeh Hadavandkhani ¹ , Zeinab Khanjani ²

1 - PhD Candidate Tabriz University
2 - PhD Tabriz University

Received: 2015-06-03 Accepted : 2015-06-03 Published : 2011-06-22

Keywords: Adolescent girls, Anxiety, externalizing disorders, Depression, maternal psychopathology,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to predict adolescent girls' externalizing disorders from mothers' anxiety and depression. One hundred and eight normal female students between the ages of 11 and 16 (M=13.26, SD=0.92) from Tabriz city were selected by multi-stage random sampling. The mothers were between the ages of 27 and 56 (M=19.15, SD= 6.05) and were asked to complete the Child Symptom Inventory (CSI-4; Gadow, & Sparfkin, 1994) and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-42; Lovibond, & Lovibond, 1995). The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results indicated that maternal depression predicted adolescent girls' externalizing disorders (
=0.235). Maternal anxiety didn't predict the externalizing disorders. The findings are applicable to prevention of externalizing disorders among adolescent girls.