Parents and their children completed the parental depression version of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ; Connor-Smith et al. 2000), a self-report measure of youth stress related parental depression and how children cope with this stress. The RSQ consists of two sections—frequency of stressful events related to parental depression in the past 6 months and how the child responds to those stressors. The RSQ demonstrates excellent reliability and validity (Connor-Smith et al. 2000). In the first section, 12 stressful events capturing three areas of parent behavior affected by parental depression (inter-parental conflict, withdrawal, and intrusiveness) are assessed. Items are rated on a scale from 1 to 4 that indicates the frequency with which the child experiences these stressors. Pro-rated scores were calculated for the total stress score in order to account for missing items.
