Linking Mother and Offspring Depressive Symptoms: The mediating role of child appearance contingent self-worth

• Appearance contingent self-worth (ACSW) is associated with higher depressive symptoms. • Maternal depressive symptoms are associated with higher ACSW only for female children. • ACSW partially mediates the link between maternal and female child depressive symptoms. Adolescents exposed to maternal depression are more vulnerable to depressive symptoms. Less is known on the mediating role of children's self-worth construction processes,...