A Meta-Analysis of Maternal Prenatal Depression and Anxiety on Child Socioemotional Development

Madigan, Sheri; Oatley, Hannah; Racine, Nicole; Fearon, R. M. Pasco; Schumacher, Lea; Akbari, Emis; Cooke, Jessica E.; Tarabulsy, George M.

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.06.012

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“…Previous studies included Chinese pregnant women showed the rate of perceived stress was 73.3% [20], 11.3% for anxiety [21,22], and 17.6 % to 25.4% for depression [19,23]. There are strong evidence showing the link between maternal stress, anxiety and depression and a variety of complications and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, such as susceptibility to infection, low birth weight, preterm birth, and impaired cognitive development in the offspring [24][25][26]. The high occurrence of mental health disorders among pregnant women found in this study warrants urgent mental health interventions in the present COVID-19 epidemic.…”

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Evidence of accessing antenatal care information via social media platforms supports mental wellbeing in COVID-19 epidemic

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Evidence of accessing antenatal care information via social media platforms supports mental wellbeing in COVID-19 epidemic

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“…Poverty-related stressors, which have also been used as a proxy for poverty, encompass numerous risk factors for children: food insecurity, overcrowded housing, and community violence. In fact, meta-analyses within the general population have shown that poverty heightens the significant positive association between maternal depression and children's socioemotional difficulties [1,27]. Ethnic minority status also magnifies these effects, but understudied social and cultural pathways underlying such disparities have not been disentangled [1].…”

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Maternal depression in Latinas and child socioemotional development: A systematic review

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2020

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Background Although substantial research exists on the debilitating effects of maternal depression on child development, little is known about Latina mothers with depression and their young children within the broader context of sociocultural and economic stressors. Objectives What is the relationship between maternal depression in Latina mothers and their children's socioemotional outcomes through early developmental windows (0-5 years)? Methods We searched electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO in this systematic review, pre-registered via PROSPERO (CRD42019128686). Based on predetermined criteria, we identified 56 studies and included 15 in the final sample. After extracting data, we assessed study quality with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies. Results We found inverse correlations between maternal depression and child socioemotional outcomes; furthermore, we found evidence of a moderating and mediating role of maternal depression between contextual stressors and child outcomes. Children of U.S.-born Latina mothers had poorer developmental outcomes than children of foreign-born Latina mothers across socioemotional domains and throughout early developmental windows. Conclusions Future research must examine underlying mechanisms for the potential Latino paradox in young Latino children's socioemotional outcomes. Policies should support mental health of Latina mothers as early as the prenatal period.

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“…Although it has been proposed that chronic maternal depression is more problematic for early child development compared with brief or intermittent depression (Brennan et al, 2000; Giles, Davies, Whitrow, Warin, & Moore, 2011; Van Der Waerden et al, 2015), research supporting this notion is very limited. More recently, attention has shifted to research suggesting that antenatal anxiety and depression “program” adverse health outcomes, including child mental health and cognitive development (Madigan et al, 2018; Tarabulsy et al, *). However, many of these studies ignore the potential importance of maternal depression and anxiety during early childhood on child development.…”

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The chronicity and timing of prenatal and antenatal maternal depression and anxiety on child outcomes at age 5

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Background Maternal depression and anxiety have been associated with deleterious child outcomes. It is, however, unclear how the chronicity and timing of maternal mental health problems predict child development outcomes. The aim of the current study was to assess the effect of both chronicity and timing of maternal anxiety and depression in pregnancy, infancy, and the toddler period on children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms, as well as social and communication skills at age 5. Method Participants were 1,992 mother–child pairs drawn from a large prospective pregnancy cohort. Mothers reported on anxiety and depression symptoms with clinical screening tools at six time points between <25 weeks gestation and 3 years postpartum. Child outcomes were assessed at age 5. Results Effect sizes were small for brief incidents of depression/anxiety and increased for intermittent and chronic problems (i.e., three or more timepoints) compared with mothers who had never experienced clinical‐level anxiety or depression. Maternal anxiety/depression during pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood predicted all child outcomes, even after controlling for depression/anxiety during the other timepoints. However, maternal anxiety and depression during toddlerhood had a stronger association with child internalizing/externalizing symptoms and communication skills than either prenatal or postpartum depression/anxiety. Conclusions Increasing number of exposures to clinical‐level anxiety and depression is related to poorer child outcomes. Neither prenatal nor postpartum periods emerged as “sensitive” periods. Rather, maternal depression and anxiety during toddlerhood was more strongly associated with child outcomes at age 5. Results highlight the need for continued support for maternal mental health across early childhood.

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A Meta-Analysis of Maternal Prenatal Depression and Anxiety on Child Socioemotional Development

Cited by 333 publications

References 105 publications

Evidence of accessing antenatal care information via social media platforms supports mental wellbeing in COVID-19 epidemic

Evidence of accessing antenatal care information via social media platforms supports mental wellbeing in COVID-19 epidemic

Maternal depression in Latinas and child socioemotional development: A systematic review

The chronicity and timing of prenatal and antenatal maternal depression and anxiety on child outcomes at age 5

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