Parent Depression/Conflict and Young Children Project

Principal Investigator

C. Emily Durbin, PhD
Kovler Research Scholar, The Family Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

This research project targets young children who are at elevated risk for developing depression by virtue of having a familial history of a depressive disorder. The first phase of this project, a pilot study, has been examining the relationship between parental depression, parental marital conflict and the social-emotional behavior of children between the ages of three and six. This study includes assessment of child emotions, parent-child interaction and parental marital conflict.

Publications

Wilson, S.B. & Durbin, C.E. (in press). Effects of paternal depression on fathers' parenting behaviors: A Meta-analytic review.
Clinical Psychology Review.
Durbin, C.E. (in press). Modeling temperamental risk for internalizing psychopathology using developmentally sensitive
laboratory paradigms. Child Development Perspectives.

We are currently recruiting families for this project. For more information about the Parent Depression/Conflict and Young Children Project, please visit The Family Institute Research Participant Opportunities page, or contact Dr. Emily Durbin at (847) 491-4623 or at edurbin@northwestern.edu.