Maternal depressive symptoms are associated with elevations in harsh parenting behavior, including criticism, negative affect, and hostile or coercive behavior, and these behaviors contribute to associations between maternal depressive symptomatology and child functioning. We used multilevel survival analysis to examine social-cognitive processes as proximal predictors of the onset and offset of maternal aggressive behavior during interactions with their adolescent children. Low-income women (N = 180) were selected for either: (a) elevated depressive symptoms and a history of treatment for depression (depressed group) or (b) not more than mild levels of current depressive symptomatology, no history of depression treatment, and no current mental health treatment (nondepressed group). These women and their adolescent children (ages 11-14, M = 12.93; 96 male sex, as assigned at birth) participated in a dyadic problem-solving interaction and mothers completed a video-mediated recall procedure, in which they watched a segment of the interaction, labeled their adolescents' affect, and made attributions for their behavior. Mothers in the depressed group were more likely to initiate aggressive behavior and, once initiated, were less likely to transition out of it. Mothers in both groups were less likely to transition out of aggressive behavior when they made negative attributions for their adolescents' behavior. Findings point to promising cognitive and behavioral targets for intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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与青少年后代互动时的母亲攻击行为：抑郁和非抑郁母亲的近端社会认知预测因素。

母亲抑郁症状与严厉的养育行为有关，包括批评、负面情绪、敌对或胁迫行为，这些行为有助于母亲抑郁症状与儿童功能之间的联系。我们使用多水平生存分析来检查社会认知过程，作为母亲在与青春期孩子互动期间攻击性行为的发生和抵消的近端预测因素。选择低收入女性 (N = 180) 的原因如下：(a) 抑郁症状加重且有抑郁症治疗史（抑郁组）或 (b) 当前抑郁症状不超过轻度水平，无抑郁症治疗史，并且当前没有心理健康治疗（非抑郁组）。这些妇女和她们的青春期孩子（11-14 岁，M = 12.93；96 名男性，出生时分配）参与了二元问题解决互动，母亲们完成了视频介导的回忆程序，其中她们观看了一段互动，标记青少年的情感，并对他们的行为进行归因。抑郁症组的母亲更有可能发起攻击性行为，而且一旦发起，就不太可能摆脱这种行为。当两组母亲对青少年的行为做出负面归因时，她们摆脱攻击性行为的可能性较小。研究结果指出了有希望的干预认知和行为目标。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。