Maternal depression and its relationship to life stress, perceptions of child behavior problems, parenting behaviors, and child conduct problems

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Webster-Stratton ◽  
Mary Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Child Behavior Problems ◽  
Child Conduct Problems ◽  
Child Conduct

scholarly journals Transactional Associations Among Maternal Depression, Parent–Child Coercion, and Child Conduct Problems During Early Childhood

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (sup1) ◽  
pp. S291-S305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Hails ◽  
Julia D. Reuben ◽  
Daniel S. Shaw ◽  
Thomas J. Dishion ◽  
Melvin N. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Child Conduct Problems ◽  
Child Conduct ◽  
Transactional Associations ◽  
Parent Child

Maternal depressive disorder and contextual risk: Contributions to the development of attachment insecurity and behavior problems in toddlerhood

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANTE CICCHETTI ◽  
FRED A. ROGOSCH ◽  
SHEREE L. TOTH
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior Problems ◽  
Contextual Risk ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Depressed Mothers ◽  
And Behavior

Research has shown that offspring of depressed caregivers are at increased risk for maladaptive development and emotional difficulties. Specifically, infants and toddlers of depressed mothers have been shown to evidence higher percentages of insecure attachments and more behavioral difficulties than offspring of nondisordered mothers. However, even in studies that reveal significant differences between children of depressed and nondepressed caregivers, a substantial number of children with depressed caregivers do not evidence dysfunction. Such findings have resulted in increased attention to the broader social context in which children of depressed mothers develop. This investigation examined the direct influences of maternal depression on child development, as well as the role of contextual risks that may be particularly heightened in families with depressed parents. Toddlers with depressed mothers evidenced significantly more insecure attachments than did toddlers with nondisordered mothers, and this difference was not accounted for by contextual risk. In predicting child behavior problems, contextual risk was found to mediate the relation between maternal depression and child behavior problems. Father-report data on child behavior corroborated the mother report data. Results are discussed in terms of the diversity of functioning in offspring of depressed caregivers that can be attributed to varied levels of contextual risk accompanying depression.

Exposure to partner violence and child behavior problems: A prospective study controlling for child physical abuse and neglect, child cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and life stress

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
TUPPETT M. YATES ◽  
MICHELE F. DODDS ◽  
L. ALAN SROUFE ◽  
BYRON EGELAND
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Child Behavior Problems ◽  
Child Physical Abuse ◽  
Multiple Informants

Previous research suggests an association between partner violence and child behavior problems. However, methodological shortcomings have precluded the formation of directional conclusions. These limitations include failure to control for the effects of child physical abuse and general life stress, employment of nonrepresentative samples from battered women's shelters, and reliance on a single contemporaneous reporter, usually the mother, for information on both independent and dependent measures. This study used prospective, longitudinal data (N = 155) and multiple informants to examine the relation between maternal reports of partner violence in the home and teacher- and youth-report ratings of concurrent and prospective child behavior problems. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to control for the effects of child physical abuse, child physical neglect, socioeconomic status, child cognitive ability, and life stress. The contribution of partner violence to child behavior problems was confirmed for boys' (n = 81) externalizing problems and girls' (n = 74) internalizing problems. Child developmental status at the time of exposure further influenced these relations. For boys, behavior problems in middle childhood were most strongly related to contemporaneous partner violence, whereas behavior problems among both boys and girls at age 16 were most strongly related to partner violence exposure during the preschool years.

Maternal depression symptoms, child behavior problems, and their transactional relations: Probing the role of formal childcare

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-844
Author(s):  
Chantal Paquin ◽  
Natalie Castellanos-Ryan ◽  
Frank Vitaro ◽  
Sylvana M. Côté ◽  
Richard E. Tremblay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Problems ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing ◽  
Formal Childcare

AbstractAmong children exposed to elevated maternal depression symptoms (MDS), recent studies have demonstrated reduced internalizing and externalizing problems for those who have attended formal childcare (i.e., center-based, family-based childcare). However, these studies did not consider whether childcare attendance is associated with benefits for the child only or also with reduced MDS. Using a four-wave longitudinal cross-lagged model, we evaluated whether formal childcare attendance was associated with MDS or child behavior problems and whether it moderated longitudinal associations between MDS and child behavior problems and between child behavior problems and MDS. The sample was drawn from a population-based cohort study and consisted of 908 biologically related mother–child dyads, followed from 5 months to 5 years. Attending formal childcare was not associated with MDS or child behavior problems but moderated the association between MDS at 3.5 years and child internalizing and externalizing problems at 5 years as well as between girls’ externalizing problems at 3.5 years and MDS at 5 years. No other moderation of formal childcare was found. Findings suggest that attending formal childcare reduces the risks of behavior problems in the context of MDS but also the risk of MDS in the context of girls’ externalizing problems.

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