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Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum.

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Hay, DF; Pawlby, S; Angold, A; Harold, GT; Sharp, D
Published in: Dev Psychol
November 2003

The impact of postnatal depression on a child's risk for violent behavior was evaluated in an urban British community sample (N=122 families). Mothers were interviewed during pregnancy, at 3 months postpartum, and when the child was 1, 4, and 11 years of age. Mothers, teachers, and children reported on violent symptoms at age 11. Structural equation modeling revealed that the child's violence was predicted by the mother's postnatal depression even when her depression during pregnancy, her later history of depression, and family characteristics were taken into account. Violence was associated with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and problems with anger management. Children were most violent if mothers had been depressed at 3 months and at least once thereafter.

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Dev Psychol

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0012-1649

Publication Date

November 2003

Volume

39

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1083 / 1094

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Risk Factors
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Depression, Postpartum
 

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Hay, D. F., Pawlby, S., Angold, A., Harold, G. T., & Sharp, D. (2003). Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum. Dev Psychol, 39(6), 1083–1094. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.6.1083
Hay, Dale F., Susan Pawlby, Adrian Angold, Gordon T. Harold, and Deborah Sharp. “Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum.Dev Psychol 39, no. 6 (November 2003): 1083–94. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.6.1083.
Hay DF, Pawlby S, Angold A, Harold GT, Sharp D. Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum. Dev Psychol. 2003 Nov;39(6):1083–94.
Hay, Dale F., et al. “Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum.Dev Psychol, vol. 39, no. 6, Nov. 2003, pp. 1083–94. Pubmed, doi:10.1037/0012-1649.39.6.1083.
Hay DF, Pawlby S, Angold A, Harold GT, Sharp D. Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum. Dev Psychol. 2003 Nov;39(6):1083–1094.

Published In

Dev Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

November 2003

Volume

39

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1083 / 1094

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Risk Factors
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Depression, Postpartum