1 ORIGINAL PAPER in press for Journal of Child and Family Studies The Relationship between Parental Efficacy and Depressive Symptoms in a Diverse Sample of Low Income Mothers Jennifer O’Neil, M.A.  Melvin N. Wilson, Ph.D.  Daniel S. Shaw, Ph.D.  Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D. Running head: Parental Efficacy and Depression in Low Income Mothers ___________________________ J. O’Neil   M.N. Wilson Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4400 e-mail: <jo2t@virginia.edu> D.S. Shaw, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA T.J. Dishion, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR