Associations between maternal depressive symptoms, children’s behavioral problems and perceptions regarding family interactions

Abstract The aim of this study was to verify possible associations between maternal depressive symptoms, children’s behavioral problems and perceptions regarding the family interactions, considering the reports of mothers and children. A total of 60 mothers and their school-age children were divided into two equal groups, according to the presence or absence of maternal depression indicators, and evaluated using the following instruments: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and scales of family interaction (Escalas de Qualidade nas Interações Familiares). The results indicate that maternal depressive symptoms were associated with children’s behavioral problems and with family interactions reported by mothers and children. Maternal depression and positive family interactions reported by the mothers predicted behavioral problems in children. Positive family interactions reported by the mothers also mediated the association between maternal depression and children’s behavioral problems, highlighting the relevance of interventions with mothers with depression indicators that have school-age children.

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Sex-Dependent Associations among Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Child Reward Network, and Behaviors in Early Childhood

Cerebral Cortex ◽

10.1093/cercor/bhz135 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 901-912 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Qiang Wang ◽

Han Zhang ◽

Joann S Poh ◽

Diliana Pecheva ◽

Birit F P Broekman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Functional Connectivity ◽

Maternal Depression ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Externalizing Problems ◽

Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽

Resting State Functional Connectivity ◽

Internalizing And Externalizing Problems ◽

Reward Network ◽

Internalizing And Externalizing

Abstract Maternal depression is associated with disrupted neurodevelopment in offspring. This study examined relationships among postnatal maternal depressive symptoms, the functional reward network and behavioral problems in 4.5-year-old boys (57) and girls (65). We employed canonical correlation analysis to evaluate whether the resting-state functional connectivity within a reward network, identified through an activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis of fMRI studies, was associated with postnatal maternal depressive symptoms and child behaviors. The functional reward network consisted of three subnetworks, that is, the mesolimbic, mesocortical, and amygdala–hippocampus reward subnetworks. Postnatal maternal depressive symptoms were associated with the functional connectivity of the mesocortical subnetwork with the mesolimbic and amygdala–hippocampus complex subnetworks in girls and with the functional connectivity within the mesocortical subnetwork in boys. The functional connectivity of the amygdala–hippocampus subnetwork with the mesocortical and mesolimbic subnetworks was associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems in girls, while in boys, the functional connectivity of the mesocortical subnetwork with the amygdala–hippocampus complex and the mesolimbic subnetworks was associated with the internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively. Our findings suggest that the functional reward network might be a promising neural phenotype for effects of maternal depression and potential intervention to nurture child behavioral development.

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Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18094523 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

pp. 4523

Author(s):

Hye Jin Yoo ◽

JaeLan Shim ◽

Namhee Kim

Keyword(s):

Health Risk ◽

Risk Perceptions ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

The Family ◽

Health Related Behaviors ◽

Health Related ◽

Prevention Methods

This study aimed to explore health risk perceptions, changes in health-related behaviors, and life experiences of mothers with school-age children during the early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Data were collected between 16 July and 10 September 2020, by individual interviews and analyzed through qualitative content analysis. After the twelve participants’ experiences were analyzed, four themes and ten sub-themes were derived. The four themes were: “Struggling to identify the substance of COVID-19,” “Taking the initiative to protect the health of the family,” “Frustrated by the brutal reality of no end in sight,” and “Trying to adjust wisely to an inevitable new lifestyle.” The findings suggest that while the world remains in an ongoing battle with COVID-19, national health institutions should prepare a health education system for specific infection prevention methods that can be practiced by individuals in daily life.

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Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms and offspring’s risk behavior in early adolescence: data from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort study

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-020-03026-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ana Beatriz Bozzini ◽

Jessica Mayumi Maruyama ◽

Tiago N. Munhoz ◽

Aluísio J. D. Barros ◽

Fernando C. Barros ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Maternal Depression ◽

Risk Behavior ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Self Report ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Maternal Depressive Symptoms

Abstract Background This longitudinal study explored the relationship between trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms and offspring’s risk behavior in adolescence contributing to an extremely scarce literature about the impacts of maternal depression trajectories on offspring risk behaviors. Methods We included 3437 11-year-old adolescents from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study. Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms were constructed using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS) from age 3 months to 11 years. We identified five trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms: “low” “moderate low”, “increasing”, “decreasing”, and “chronic high”. The following adolescent outcomes were identified via self-report questionnaire and analyzed as binary outcome –yes/no: involvement in fights and alcohol use at age 11. We used logistic regression models to examine the effects of trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms on offspring’s risk behavior adjusting for potential confounding variable. Results Alcohol use and/or abuse as well as involvement in fights during adolescence, were not significantly associated with any specific trajectory of maternal depressive symptoms neither in the crude nor in the adjusted analyses. Conclusion Alcohol use and involvement in fights at age 11 were not associated with any specific trajectory of maternal depression.

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Sleep habits and sleep problems associated with depressive symptoms in school‐age children

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing ◽

10.1111/jcap.12358 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jesús Moo‐Estrella ◽

Gloria Arankowsky‐Sandoval ◽

Matilde Valencia‐Flores

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Sleep Problems ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Sleep Habits

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Interaction of Teachers and Family in Upbringing of Senior Pre-School Age Children Through Fiction

Herald of Kiev Institute of Business and Technology ◽

10.37203/kibit.2019.39.16 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 83-86

Author(s):

L. Shkrebtiienko

Keyword(s):

Positive Attitude ◽

Native Language ◽

Family Members ◽

Practical Aspect ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

The Family ◽

Moral Behaviour ◽

Cognitive Knowledge ◽

Teachers And Parents

Based on the analysis of philosophical, psychologically-pedagogical sources the essence and structure of such notions as “patriotic feelings”,” upbringing of patriotic feelings of senior pre-school age children” is specified. Peculiarities of the upbringing of senior pre-school age children’s patriotic feelings using fiction are determined. Based on the analysis and generalization of the researches of the Ukrainian and foreign scientists such components in the structure of the notion“ upbringing of the patriotic feelings“ are selected: cognitive (knowledge about Motherland, symbolic, symbols, traditions), emotionally-valuable (positive attitude to the family, Motherland native language), behavioural (readiness for compassion and empathy for family members, a wish to follow positive behaviour of literary characters in the own livelihoods. As a result of generalization of the researches of the Ukrainian and foreign scientists, it was determined that upbringing of patriotic feelings of the pre-school age children who understand the responsibility for their behaviour is a practical aspect of the manifestation of patriotic behaviour which is realized through moral behaviour and responsibility. This article reveals peculiarities of the interaction of teachers and family in the education of patriotic feelings of children of the senior pre-school age. Principles of activation of the interaction of teachers and family members in the upbringing of patriotic feelings of the pre-school age children using fiction are illuminated, scientific background of the notion “interaction” is characterized, namely: establishing of trustful business contacts with pupils families; providing parents with psychologically-pedagogical information; using fiction as means of the upbringing of patriotic feelings; ensuring regular interaction of children, teachers and parents; attracting family members to the pedagogical process; creating of a subject and the emotionally developmental environment in the family. Directions, forms and methods of the upbringing of patriotic feelings of the pre-school age children using fiction are determined.

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The effects of maternal depression on their perception of emotional and behavioral problems of their internationally adopted children

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health ◽

10.1186/s13034-021-00396-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Krista Liskola ◽

Hanna Raaska ◽

Helena Lapinleimu ◽

Jari Lipsanen ◽

Jari Sinkkonen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Internalizing Symptoms ◽

Externalizing Symptoms ◽

Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽

P Value ◽

Adopted Children ◽

Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽

Adoptive Mothers ◽

Internationally Adopted Children

Abstract Background Even though child psychopathology assessment guidelines emphasize comprehensive multi-method, multimodal, and multi-informant methodologies, maternal-report symptom-rating scales often serve as the predominant source of information. Research has shown that parental mood symptomatology affects their reports of their offspring’s psychopathology. For example, the depression-distortion hypothesis suggests that maternal depression promotes a negative bias in mothers’ perceptions of their children’s behavioral and emotional problems. We investigated this difference of perception between adoptive mothers and internationally adopted children. Most previous studies suffer from the potential bias caused by the fact that parents and children share genetic risks. Methods Data were derived from the Finnish Adoption (FinAdo) survey study (a subsample of adopted children aged between 9 and 12 years, n = 222). The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used to assess emotional and behavioral problems and competences of the adopted children. The CBCL was filled in by the adopted children and the adoptive mothers, respectively. Maternal depressive symptoms were measured using the short version of the General Health Questionnaire. Results On average, mothers reported less total CBCL symptoms in their children than the children themselves (0.25 vs 0.38, p-value < 0.01 for difference). Mothers’ depressive symptoms moderated the discrepancy in reporting internalizing symptoms (β = − 0.14 and p-value 0.01 for interaction) and the total symptoms scores (β = − 0.22 and p-value < 0.001 for interaction) and externalizing symptoms in girls in the CBCL. Limitations The major limitation of our study is its cross-sectional design and the fact that we only collected data in the form of questionnaires. Conclusions The results of our research support the depression-distortion hypothesis concerning the association of maternal depressive symptoms and child internalizing symptoms and externalizing symptoms in girls in a sample without genetic bias

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The effect of maternal depression on behavioral problems during early school age: Mediating effect of mother-child interaction and interactive peer play

The Society for Cognitive Enhancement and Intervention ◽

10.21197/jcei.12.2.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 91-107

Author(s):

Junhee Shin ◽

Mikyung Shim

Keyword(s):

Maternal Depression ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

School Age ◽

Peer Play ◽

Child Interaction ◽

Mother Child Interaction ◽

Early School ◽

Early School Age

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Associations between maternal depressive symptoms and risk for offspring early-life psychopathology: the role of genetic and non-genetic mechanisms

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291719003301 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Line C. Gjerde ◽

Espen M. Eilertsen ◽

Laurie J. Hannigan ◽

Thalia Eley ◽

Espen Røysamb ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Environmental Exposure ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Early Life ◽

Child Behavior Checklist ◽

Causal Effect ◽

Emotional Problems ◽

Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽

Genetic Transmission ◽

Psychopathology Symptoms

Abstract Background Although maternal depressive symptoms are robustly associated with offspring early-life psychopathology symptoms, it is not clear which potential mechanisms are at play. We aimed to estimate the relative importance of genetic transmission and direct environmental exposure in these associations on three occasions in early childhood. Methods Biometric modeling of maternal sisters and their offspring from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The analyzed sample comprised 22 316 mothers and 35 589 offspring. Mothers reported their own depressive symptoms using the Symptom checklist, and offspring's concurrent symptoms of psychopathology using the Child Behavior Checklist at 1.5, 3, and 5 years postpartum. Results Associations between maternal symptoms of depression and offspring emotional problems were predominantly explained by passive genetic transmission at 1.5 and 3 years postpartum. At age 5, associations were more due to direct environmental exposure. For offspring behavioral problems, there was no net increase in the importance of direct environmental exposure across occasions. Conclusions Associations between maternal depressive symptoms and offspring psychopathology symptoms remained after accounting for shared genes, consistent with a small, causal effect. For offspring emotional problems, this effect appeared to increase in importance over time. Our findings imply that treatment of maternal depressive symptoms could also benefit the offspring, and that genetic confounding should be considered in future studies of such mother–offspring associations.

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Inhibitory control as a mediator of bidirectional effects between early oppositional behavior and maternal depression

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579414000613 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (4pt1) ◽

pp. 1129-1147 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Daniel Ewon Choe ◽

Daniel S. Shaw ◽

Lauretta M. Brennan ◽

Thomas J. Dishion ◽

Melvin N. Wilson

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Maternal Depression ◽

Inhibitory Control ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Oppositional Behavior ◽

Child Conduct Problems ◽

Established Risk Factor ◽

Child Disruptive Behavior ◽

Bidirectional Effects

AbstractMaternal depression is an established risk factor for child conduct problems, but relatively few studies have tested whether children's behavioral problems exacerbate mothers' depression or whether other child behavioral characteristics (e.g., self-regulation) may mediate bidirectional effects between maternal depression and child disruptive behavior. This longitudinal study examined the parallel growth of maternal depressive symptoms and child oppositional behavior from ages 2 to 5; the magnitude and timing of their bidirectional effects; and whether child inhibitory control, a temperament-based self-regulatory mechanism, mediated effects between maternal depression and child oppositionality. A randomized control trial of 731 at-risk families assessed children annually from ages 2 to 5. Transactional models demonstrated positive and bidirectional associations between mothers' depressive symptoms and children's oppositional behavior from ages 2 to 3, with a less consistent pattern of reciprocal relations up to age 5. Mediation of indirect mother–child effects and child evocative effects depended on the rater of children's inhibitory control. Findings are discussed in regard to how child evocative effects and self-regulatory mechanisms may clarify the transmission of psychopathology within families.

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