TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-reported depression in mothers of children who have experienced sexual abuse
AU - Mannarino, Anthony P.
AU - Cohen, Judith A.
AU - Deblinger, Esther
AU - Steer, Robert
N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgements This study is part of a larger project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health grants R10 MH55963 and R10 MH56224. The authors thank the children and mothers who participated in this study and Ann Marie Kotlik for her contributions to the preparation of the manuscript.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) was administered to 164 biological mothers of sexually abused children to determine the psychometric characteristics of the BDI-II and to estimate the prevalence of self-reported depression in this population. The study also sought to ascertain whether the mothers' BDI-II total scores were correlated with various psychosocial characteristics of the mothers and their children. It was found that there was only one dimension underlying the 21 BDI-II responses, and the internal consistency of the BDI-II total scores was high. Twenty-six percent of these mothers had scores indicative of clinical depression. The mothers' BDI-II total scores were significantly correlated with their husbands' or paramours' having sexually abused their children and their ratings of the children's internalizing behaviors. These results were discussed as supporting the use of the BDI-II with mothers of sexually abused children to measure self-reported depression.
AB - The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) was administered to 164 biological mothers of sexually abused children to determine the psychometric characteristics of the BDI-II and to estimate the prevalence of self-reported depression in this population. The study also sought to ascertain whether the mothers' BDI-II total scores were correlated with various psychosocial characteristics of the mothers and their children. It was found that there was only one dimension underlying the 21 BDI-II responses, and the internal consistency of the BDI-II total scores was high. Twenty-six percent of these mothers had scores indicative of clinical depression. The mothers' BDI-II total scores were significantly correlated with their husbands' or paramours' having sexually abused their children and their ratings of the children's internalizing behaviors. These results were discussed as supporting the use of the BDI-II with mothers of sexually abused children to measure self-reported depression.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10862-006-9036-7
DO - 10.1007/s10862-006-9036-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0882-2689
VL - 29
SP - 203
EP - 210
JO - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
IS - 3
ER -