Maternal Negativity Scales

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Paul Wright ◽  
Rebecca Schnupp ◽  
Kevin M. Beaver ◽  
Matt Delisi ◽  
Michael Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Negativity

scholarly journals Can Genetic Factors Explain the Spillover of Warmth and Negativity Across Family Relationships?

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody M. Ganiban ◽  
Erica L. Spotts ◽  
Paul Lichtenstein ◽  
Gagan S. Khera ◽  
David Reiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Maternal Warmth ◽  
Emotional Climate ◽  
Observational Measures ◽  
Maternal Negativity ◽  
Marital Warmth

AbstractPrevious studies indicate that the emotional quality of marital relationships is mirrored in parent–child relationships. We explored the degree to which these associations are explained by genetic and environmental factors. Participants were drawn from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden (TOSS), and included 544 female twin pairs (258 monozygotic [MZ], 286 dizygotic [DZ]), and 311 male twin pairs (128 MZ, 183 DZ). The spouses and one adolescent child of each twin also participated in this study. The twins completed self-report measures that assessed their marital quality and their warmth and negativity towards their children. Observational ratings of marital warmth and negativity, and of maternal warmth and negativity were obtained for a subset of female twin pairs (150 MZ, 176 DZ). Selfreported marital satisfaction was associated with self-reported parental warmth and negativity for mothers (rs = .25, -.36) and fathers (rs = .25, -.44). For the observational measures, marital warmth was associated with maternal warmth (r = .42), while marital negativity was associated with maternal negativity (r = .34). On average genetic factors explained nearly half of the covariance between selfreported marital satisfaction and parenting for mothers (48%) and fathers (47%). Genetic factors explained 21% of the covariance between observed marital and maternal warmth, but did not contribute to associations between marital and maternal negativity. These findings indicate that parents' genetically influenced characteristics help shape the emotional climate of the family.

A prospective high-risk study of the association among maternal negativity, apparent frontal lobe dysfunction, and the development of bipolar disorder

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHANIE E. MEYER ◽  
GABRIELLE A. CARLSON ◽  
EDYTHE A. WIGGS ◽  
DONNA S. RONSAVILLE ◽  
PEDRO E. MARTINEZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Frontal Lobe Dysfunction ◽  
Maternal Negativity

scholarly journals Child-evoked maternal negativity from 9 to 27 months: Evidence of gene–environment correlation and its moderation by marital distress

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4pt1) ◽  
pp. 1251-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Pasco Fearon ◽  
David Reiss ◽  
Leslie D. Leve ◽  
Daniel S. Shaw ◽  
Laura V. Scaramella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Genetic Risk ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Adoptive Parent ◽  
Birth Mother ◽  
Adoptive Family ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Maternal Negativity

AbstractPast research has documented pervasive genetic influences on emotional and behavioral disturbance across the life span and on liability to adult psychiatric disorder. Increasingly, interest is turning to mechanisms of gene–environment interplay in attempting to understand the earliest manifestations of genetic risk. We report findings from a prospective adoption study, which aimed to test the role of evocative gene–environment correlation in early development. Included in the study were 561 infants adopted at birth and studied between 9 and 27 months, along with their adoptive parents and birth mothers. Birth mother psychiatric diagnoses and symptoms scales were used as indicators of genetic influence, and multiple self-report measures were used to index adoptive mother parental negativity. We hypothesized that birth mother psychopathology would be associated with greater adoptive parent negativity and that such evocative effects would be amplified under conditions of high adoptive family adversity. The findings suggested that genetic factors associated with birth mother externalizing psychopathology may evoke negative reactions in adoptive mothers in the first year of life, but only when the adoptive family environment is characterized by marital problems. Maternal negativity mediated the effects of genetic risk on child adjustment at 27 months. The results underscore the importance of genetically influenced evocative processes in early development.

A transactional analysis of maternal negativity and child externalizing behavior

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zohreh Yaghoub Zadeh ◽  
Jennifer Jenkins ◽  
Debra Pepler
Keyword(s):  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Transactional Model ◽  
Child Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Maternal Negativity ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Child Externalizing

A transactional model was used to examine the reciprocal relationship between maternal negativity and child externalizing behavior over three time points. Data were collected from 1,479 children and their mothers every two years, as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). Children were 10—11 years old at Time 1, 12—13 at Time 2, and 14—15 at Time 3. Measures of maternal negativity were obtained from both mothers and children, while measures of child externalizing behavior were obtained from children only. Structural Equation Modeling revealed that both members of the dyad influenced one another’s behavior, with evidence of a recursive feedback loop over time. These influences were not equal (across persons) or stable (across time). Children’s influence on the development of maternal negativity increased over time.

Genes, Maternal Negativity, and Self-Control

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Paul Wright ◽  
Rebecca Schnupp ◽  
Kevin M. Beaver ◽  
Matt Delisi ◽  
Michael Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Maternal Negativity

scholarly journals Effects of maternal negativity and of early and recent recurrent depressive disorder on children's false belief understanding.

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Rohrer ◽  
Dante Cicchetti ◽  
Fred A. Rogosch ◽  
Sheree L. Toth ◽  
Angeline Maughan
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
False Belief ◽  
False Belief Understanding ◽  
Maternal Negativity

scholarly journals Associations between mother–child relationship quality and adolescent adjustment

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny-Alexandra Guimond ◽  
Brett Laursen ◽  
Frank Vitaro ◽  
Mara Brendgen ◽  
Ginette Dionne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Maternal Negativity ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

This study used a genetically controlled design to examine the direction and the magnitude of effects in the over-time associations between perceived relationship quality with mothers and adolescent maladjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms and delinquency). A total of 163 monozygotic (MZ) twins pairs (85 female pairs, 78 male pairs) completed questionnaires at ages 13 and 14. Non-genetically controlled path analyses models (in which one member of each twin dyad was randomly selected for analyses) were compared with genetically controlled path analyses models (in which MZ-twin difference scores were included in analyses). Results from the non-genetically controlled models revealed a) child-driven effects in the longitudinal associations between adolescent perceived maternal support and depressive symptoms, and b) parent-driven and child-driven effects in the longitudinal association between perceived maternal negativity and adolescent delinquent behaviors. However, results from the genetically controlled models revealed only child-driven effect, suggesting that, purported parent-driven effects were a product of error arising from potential gene-environment correlations (rGE).

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