This study examined whether the mechanism linking changes in Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' depressive symptoms to children's subsequent self-regulation and academic readiness was via their emotion scaffolding when their children were 2, 3, 4, and 5 years of age. Data included home interviews with adolescent mothers (N = 204), observations of mother-child interactions during a task that challenged children's abilities to manage their emotional arousal, and assessments of children's performance on measures of self-regulation and academic readiness. Adolescent mothers' higher depressive symptoms at child age 2 years were associated with a greater decline in mothers' emotion scaffolding from child age 2 to 5 years, which was subsequently linked to children's lower self-regulation and academic readiness at age 5. Possible implications from this line of work for adolescent mothers and their children are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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抑郁症状和母亲情绪支架的发展变化：与儿童自我调节和学业准备的联系。


这项研究探讨了墨西哥裔青少年母亲抑郁症状的变化与孩子随后的自我调节和学业准备情况之间的联系机制是否是通过孩子在 2、3、4 和 5 岁时的情绪支架而实现的。数据包括对青春期母亲的家庭访谈（N = 204）、在一项挑战儿童管理情绪唤醒能力的任务中对母子互动的观察，以及对儿童在自我调节和学业准备方面的表现的评估。青春期母亲在孩子 2 岁时出现的较高抑郁症状与孩子 2 至 5 岁时母亲情绪支架的较大下降有关，这随后又与孩子在 5 岁时较低的自我调节和学业准备程度有关。讨论了青少年母亲及其子女的这一工作。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。