Maternal depression is associated with an increased risk for depression in offspring; the factors explaining this association, however, are unclear. We examined coping in a group of 9- to 14-year-old daughters of mothers with and without a history of major depressive disorders. We tested whether daughters’ adaptive coping mediated the association between mothers’ and daughters’ depressive symptoms, and whether these relations were moderated by daughters’ pubertal status. Using moderated mediation analyses, higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms were related to less adaptive coping in daughters, which was related to higher levels of daughters’ depressive symptoms. The mediating effect of coping was evident only for daughters in late stages of pubertal maturation. Early interventions aimed at strengthening coping in girls may have a protective effect on daughters’ risk for depression at later pubertal stages.

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适应性应对调解了母亲和女儿的抑郁症状之间的关系：一项适度的调解研究

产妇的抑郁症会增加后代患抑郁症的风险；但是，尚不清楚解释这种关联的因素。我们检查了一组9岁至14岁母亲的应对方法，这些女儿有或没有重大抑郁症史。我们测试了女儿的适应性应对是否介导了母亲和女儿的抑郁症状之间的关联，以及这些关系是否被女儿的青春期状态所缓解。使用中度调解分析，较高的母亲抑郁症状与女儿的适应性应对较差有关，这与较高的女儿抑郁症状有关。应对的中介作用仅在青春期成熟的后期才明显。