The Dyadic Context of Preadolescent Girls' Depressive Symptoms: Elucidating The Role of Biobehavioral Synchrony.

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Child and Family Studies Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-10 DOI:10.1007/s10826-026-03300-6

Jennifer A Somers, Elena Cannova, Gabrielle R Rinne, Chengzhen Angelina Meng, Kyra Fisher, Yussof Khalilian, Gabrielle MacNaughton, Tiffany C Ho, Steve S Lee

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Biobehavioral synchrony represents a dynamic interpersonal mechanism that influences parent and child depression risk via parent-child interactions, which may operate directly or in concert with depression-related impairments in parenting. We hypothesized that parent depressive symptoms and unsupportive emotion-related socialization behavior (ERSB) would negatively predict positive affect and physiological synchrony, and that these parent factors would moderate the effects of dyadic synchrony on daughters' depressive symptoms. Eighty parent (87.5% female)-daughter (M _{child age} = 8.26 years, SD _{child age} = 1.51 years; 38.0% White) dyads participated in a 5-minute conflict discussion task, during which second-by-second estimates of parent unsupportive ERSB and parent and daughter affect and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were obtained. Parent self-reported depressive symptoms and rated child behavior problems. Contrary to hypotheses, path models suggested that neither parent depressive symptoms nor unsupportive ERSB was associated with dyadic synchrony of positive affect or RSA. However, as expected, parent depressive symptoms and unsupportive ERSB moderated predictions of daughters' depression symptoms from dyadic synchrony. The nature of these interactive effects depended on the synchrony modality (i.e., positive affect, RSA) and parent factor under investigation. RSA synchrony during parent-daughter conflict discussion buffered against the adverse effects of parent depressive symptoms on daughters. Importantly, these patterns were specific to daughters' depressive symptoms rather than general dimensions of child psychopathology. These results underscore the centrality of multimodal, dynamic processes through which parent-daughter interactions may shape depression risk in daughters.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10826-026-03300-6.

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青春期前女孩抑郁症状的二元背景：阐明生物行为同步性的作用

生物行为同步性是一种动态的人际关系机制，通过亲子互动影响父母和儿童的抑郁风险，这种机制可能直接或与父母的抑郁相关障碍一起起作用。我们假设父母抑郁症状和非支持性情绪相关社会化行为（ERSB）负向预测积极情绪和生理同步性，并且这些父母因素会调节二元同步性对女儿抑郁症状的影响。80对父母（87.5%为女性）-女儿（M儿童年龄= 8.26岁，SD儿童年龄= 1.51岁，白人儿童年龄= 38.0%）参与了一项5分钟的冲突讨论任务，在此过程中，对父母不支持的ERSB、父母和女儿的影响和呼吸窦性心律失常（RSA）进行了逐秒估计。父母自我报告抑郁症状并评价孩子的行为问题。与假设相反，路径模型表明，父母抑郁症状和不支持性ERSB都与积极情绪或RSA的二元同步性无关。然而，正如预期的那样，父母抑郁症状和不支持性ERSB调节了女儿抑郁症状的预测。这些相互作用的性质取决于同步模式（即积极影响，RSA）和被调查的母体因素。父女冲突讨论中的RSA同步性缓冲了父母抑郁症状对女儿的不利影响。重要的是，这些模式是特定于女儿的抑郁症状，而不是儿童精神病理的一般维度。这些结果强调了多模式、动态过程的中心地位，亲子互动可能会影响女儿患抑郁症的风险。补充资料：在线版本提供补充资料，网址为10.1007/s10826-026-03300-6。

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Journal of Child and Family Studies Multiple-

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3.60

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300

期刊介绍： Journal of Child and Family Studies (JCFS) international, peer-reviewed forum for topical issues pertaining to the behavioral health and well-being of children, adolescents, and their families. Interdisciplinary and ecological in approach, the journal focuses on individual, family, and community contexts that influence child, youth, and family well-being and translates research results into practical applications for providers, program implementers, and policymakers. Original papers address applied and translational research, program evaluation, service delivery, and policy matters that affect child, youth, and family well-being. Topic areas include but are not limited to: enhancing child, youth/young adult, parent, caregiver, and/or family functioning; prevention and intervention related to social, emotional, or behavioral functioning in children, youth, and families; cumulative effects of risk and protective factors on behavioral health, development, and well-being; the effects both of exposure to adverse childhood events and assets/protective factors; child abuse and neglect, housing instability and homelessness, and related ecological factors influencing child and family outcomes.