Abstract
The current study was conducted to investigate the correlation between mother’s depression and risk of
depression and behavioral problems in children (n=60). A Childhood Depression Scale was constructed to
discover the possibility of depression in children of high risk (depressed) and low risk (non-depressed)
mothers which comprises 43 items. It has five factors e.g., emotional, motivational, behavioral, cognitive
and physical subscale. The Siddiqui Shah Depression Scale (Siddiqui.1992), which comprises 37 items, was
used to recognize high (depressed) and low risk (non-depressed) mothers. It was hypothesized that
offspring of high risk (depressed) mothers will be at elevated risk for depression than offspring of low risk
(non-depressed) mothers. Outcomes indicated that total and all the subscales of Childhood Depression
Scale were quite reliable. Construct validity (Convergent validity) was established by correlating it with Child
Problem Checklist (CPCL) (Tariq & Hanif, 2007). Children of elevated risk (depressed) mothers were found at
higher risk of depression than children of low risk (non-depressed) mothers. There was a non-significant
difference among male and female children on depression. Children of high risk (depressed) mothers rated
higher on all the factors of depression than children of low risk (non-depressed) mothers.