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Trajectories of maternal depression over 7 years: relations with child psychophysiology and behavior and role of contextual risks.

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Ashman, SB; Dawson, G; Panagiotides, H
Published in: Dev Psychopathol
2008

This study examines the relation between the longitudinal course of maternal depression during the child's early life and children's psychophysiology and behavior at age 6.5 years. One hundred fifty-nine children of depressed and nondepressed mothers were followed from infancy through age 6.5 years. Growth mixture modeling was used to identify classes of depressed mothers based on the longitudinal course of the mother's depression. School-aged children of chronically depressed mothers were found to have elevated externalizing behavior problems, decreased social competence, reduced frontal brain activation (EEG power), and higher respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity. Children of mothers with decreasing and stable mild depression were found to have increased hyperactivity and attention problems compared to children of nondepressed mothers. Contextual risk factors were found to mediate the relation between maternal depression and child behavioral outcomes.

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Dev Psychopathol

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ISSN

0954-5794

Publication Date

2008

Volume

20

Issue

1

Start / End Page

55 / 77

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Socialization
  • Social Environment
  • Risk Factors
  • Personality Assessment
  • Parenting
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Internal-External Control
  • Infant
 

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Ashman, S. B., Dawson, G., & Panagiotides, H. (2008). Trajectories of maternal depression over 7 years: relations with child psychophysiology and behavior and role of contextual risks. Dev Psychopathol, 20(1), 55–77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579408000035
Ashman, Sharon B., Geraldine Dawson, and Heracles Panagiotides. “Trajectories of maternal depression over 7 years: relations with child psychophysiology and behavior and role of contextual risks.Dev Psychopathol 20, no. 1 (2008): 55–77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579408000035.
Ashman, Sharon B., et al. “Trajectories of maternal depression over 7 years: relations with child psychophysiology and behavior and role of contextual risks.Dev Psychopathol, vol. 20, no. 1, 2008, pp. 55–77. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/S0954579408000035.
Journal cover image

Published In

Dev Psychopathol

DOI

ISSN

0954-5794

Publication Date

2008

Volume

20

Issue

1

Start / End Page

55 / 77

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Socialization
  • Social Environment
  • Risk Factors
  • Personality Assessment
  • Parenting
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Internal-External Control
  • Infant