Parenting behavior in adoptive families

(Society for Research in Child Development) A new longitudinal study of adoptive families looked at whether symptoms of depression in adoptive fathers is also related to over-reactive parenting and behavior problems in children; the study also examined how social support networks affect parenting. It found that fathers' symptoms of depression were related to harsh, over-reactive parenting, but not to children's subsequent behavior problems.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news