Abstract  The aim of the present study was to examine the association between emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children
and maternal attitudes. The predictor variables were parental attitudes, maternal depression and anxiety symptoms. Our sample
consisted of the mothers of 204 preschool children attending different preschools in Ankara, Turkey. Mothers were asked to
complete the parental attitude research instrument, the beck depression inventory, the trait anxiety inventory, and the child-behavior
checklist. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that when considered jointly, maternal anxiety but not maternal depression
explained variability in preschool children internalizing and externalizing their problems. Mothers rejecting attitudes towards
family lif...

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