Maternal depressive symptoms are a robust predictor of children's risk for internalizing symptoms, yet not all children are negatively affected by exposure to their mothers' symptoms. The present study tested children's self-blame appraisals as a moderator of the association between maternal depressive symptoms and children's internalizing symptoms, controlling for children's negative attributional style. We hypothesized that the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and children's internalizing symptoms would be stronger for children who blamed themselves more for their mothers' symptoms. Participants were 129 mother-child dyads (M child age = 13.63, SD = 2.2; 52.7% female; 38.8% White, 31% African American, 22.5% Latinx/Hispanic) recruited from the community. Results indicated that maternal depressive symptoms were associated with higher levels of children's internalizing symptoms for children who reported higher, but not lower, levels of self-blame appraisals. Results were consistent using mothers' or children's reports of their own and each other's symptoms. The findings highlight the importance of assessing children's appraisals about their mothers' depressive symptoms, and suggest that preventive interventions should target children who endorse higher levels of self-blame appraisals. Furthermore, children's self-blame appraisals about mothers' depressive symptoms should be considered as a target of treatment for child internalizing disorders. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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儿童对母亲的抑郁症状和内化症状风险的自责评价。

母亲的抑郁症状是儿童出现内化症状风险的有力预测因素，但并非所有儿童都会因接触母亲的症状而受到负面影响。本研究测试了儿童的自责评估作为母亲抑郁症状与儿童内化症状之间关联的调节因素，并控制了儿童的消极归因方式。我们假设，对于那些因母亲的症状而更多自责的孩子，母亲的抑郁症状和孩子的内化症状之间的关系会更强。参与者是从社区招募的 129 名母子二人组（M 儿童年龄 = 13.63，SD = 2.2；52.7% 女性；38.8% 白人，31% 非裔美国人，22.5% 拉丁裔/西班牙裔）。结果表明，对于自责评估水平较高而非较低的儿童，母亲的抑郁症状与较高水平的儿童内化症状相关。使用母亲或儿童对自己和彼此症状的报告得出的结果是一致的。研究结果强调了评估儿童对其母亲抑郁症状的评价的重要性，并建议预防性干预措施应针对认可较高水平自责评价的儿童。此外，儿童对母亲抑郁症状的自责评价应被视为儿童内化障碍的治疗目标。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。