Parental emotion regulation and preschoolers' prosocial behavior: The mediating roles of parental warmth and inductive discipline.

The potential mediating roles of parental warmth and inductive discipline on the relations of parental emotion regulation strategies to children's prosocial behavior were examined in this study. Sixty-four parents of preschoolers (50% girls) completed questionnaires assessing their own regulation practices (i.e., cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression), parenting behaviors (i.e., parental warmth/nurturance, inductive discipline), and children's prosocial behavior (voluntary behavior intended to benefit another). The authors hypothesized that cognitive reappraisal would be positively and expressive suppression would be negatively related to parenting behaviors and children's prosocial behavior. They further hypothesized that parental warmth and inductive discipline would mediate the relations between parents' own regulation strategies and children's prosocial behavior. Results demonstrated that parental cognitive reappraisal was positively associated with warmth, and expressive suppression was negatively associated with inductive discipline and children's prosocial behavior. Parental warmth, but not inductive discipline, mediated the relations between cognitive reappraisal and children's prosocial behavior. The results highlight adults' own regulatory strategies as predictors of socialization behaviors and the potential processes for socialization of children's moral emotions and positive social development.

Prenatal Depression: Screening and Referral for Women Who Are Low Income during Antenatal Care.

This study uses prenatal clinical chart reviews of 245 women who were screened for depression while receiving antenatal care services at an urban hospital-based clinic in Syracuse, New York. The results indicate that more than one half of the mothers who screened positive are not being adequately referred and followed-up on to ensure they are receiving proper treatment. Among the mothers who are not being successfully referred are women who are non-English speaking, facing multiple life stressors, and inadequately insured. Recommendations for colocating services that may ease the ongoing burdens of new motherhood are addressed.