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Preschool outcomes of children of depressed mothers: role of maternal behavior, contextual risk, and children's brain activity.

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Dawson, G; Ashman, SB; Panagiotides, H; Hessl, D; Self, J; Yamada, E; Embry, L
Published in: Child Dev
2003

Children of depressed mothers are at risk for behavioral and emotional problems. Infants of depressed mothers exhibit behavioral disturbances and atypical frontal brain activity. The mechanisms by which children develop such vulnerabilities are not clear. Three-year-old children of mothers with (N = 65) and without (N = 59) a history of depression were assessed in terms of behavior problems and brain electrical activity. Children of mothers with chronic depression exhibited lower frontal and parietal brain activation compared with children of mothers without depression and those whose depression remitted. Depressed mothers reported higher contextual risk (e.g., marital discord and stress) and their children had more behavior problems. Children's frontal brain activation and contextual risk level mediated the relation between maternal depression and child behavior problems.

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Child Dev

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ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

2003

Volume

74

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1158 / 1175

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Maternal Behavior
  • Humans
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Electroencephalography
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Depression
 

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Dawson, G., Ashman, S. B., Panagiotides, H., Hessl, D., Self, J., Yamada, E., & Embry, L. (2003). Preschool outcomes of children of depressed mothers: role of maternal behavior, contextual risk, and children's brain activity. Child Dev, 74(4), 1158–1175. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00599
Dawson, Geraldine, Sharon B. Ashman, Heracles Panagiotides, David Hessl, Joanna Self, Emily Yamada, and Lara Embry. “Preschool outcomes of children of depressed mothers: role of maternal behavior, contextual risk, and children's brain activity.Child Dev 74, no. 4 (2003): 1158–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00599.
Dawson G, Ashman SB, Panagiotides H, Hessl D, Self J, Yamada E, et al. Preschool outcomes of children of depressed mothers: role of maternal behavior, contextual risk, and children's brain activity. Child Dev. 2003;74(4):1158–75.
Dawson, Geraldine, et al. “Preschool outcomes of children of depressed mothers: role of maternal behavior, contextual risk, and children's brain activity.Child Dev, vol. 74, no. 4, 2003, pp. 1158–75. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00599.
Dawson G, Ashman SB, Panagiotides H, Hessl D, Self J, Yamada E, Embry L. Preschool outcomes of children of depressed mothers: role of maternal behavior, contextual risk, and children's brain activity. Child Dev. 2003;74(4):1158–1175.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child Dev

DOI

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

2003

Volume

74

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1158 / 1175

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Maternal Behavior
  • Humans
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Electroencephalography
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Depression