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In addition, interactions among the above variables assessed: (1) the association between actor depression and parent-child interaction as a function of partner depression, (2) marital intimacy as a buffer against the negative effects of parental depression on parent-child interaction, and (3) whether the above associations differed by parent gender. Partner depression moderated the association between actor depression and parenting both concurrently and longitudinally: (a) nondepressed fathers with a depressed (versus nondepressed) partner engaged in less cognitive stimulation at 54 months, and (b) nondepressed mothers with a depressed (versus nondepressed) partner were less sensitive at first grade. Moreover, for three of the four longitudinal models, marital intimacy moderated the association between actor depression and parent-child interaction, although the pattern of this interaction differed for mothers and fathers. 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