Trajectories of Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children’s Social Skills
| العنوان: | Trajectories of Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children’s Social Skills |
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| المؤلفون: | Michael C. Roberts, James P. Selig, Yelena P. Wu, Ric G. Steele |
| المصدر: | Journal of Child and Family Studies. 20:414-423 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Postpartum depression, medicine.medical_specialty, Social change, Poison control, medicine.disease, Suicide prevention, Child development, Social skills, Injury prevention, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Marital status, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Psychiatry, Psychology, Clinical psychology |
| الوصف: | The vast majority of new mothers experience at least some depressive symptoms. Postpartum maternal depressive symptoms can greatly influence children’s outcomes (e.g., emotional, cognitive, language, and social development). However, there have been relatively few longitudinal studies of how maternal depressive symptoms may influence children’s social skills. The current study (n = 1363) examined the trajectory of maternal depressive symptoms (from 1 month to 36 months) and whether maternal depressive symptoms at 1 month postpartum and the change in symptoms over time (from 1 month to 3 years) predicted children’s parent- and teacher-rated social skills when they were 4.5 and 6.0 years old. A growth curve model indicated that, on average, maternal depressive symptoms declined over time in a nonlinear fashion. Further analyses indicated that after controlling for five demographic factors (child sex, family income, maternal age, mother’s marital status, and maternal education), initial maternal depressive symptoms significantly predicted children’s social skills as reported by mothers. The results support the notion that maternal depressive symptoms during children’s infancy can have long-term associations with children’s social skills. In addition, the results emphasize the importance of intervention and prevention efforts targeting maternal depressive symptoms during infancy, beginning immediately postpartum. |
| تدمد: | 1573-2843 1062-1024 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::4108a328d0116290f951c9db38ce2771Test https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-010-9407-2Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........4108a328d0116290f951c9db38ce2771 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15732843 10621024 |
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