Antecedent-Consequence Conditions in Maternal Mood and Child Adjustment: A Four-Year Cross-Lagged Study

Elgar, Frank J.; Curtis, Lori; McGrath, Patrick J.; Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Stewart, Sherry H.

doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp3203_05

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“…Mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD were more likely to be diagnosed with depression in the first two years of their child's life compared with mothers of children who were not diagnosed with ADHD (Ray et al 2009). Although research has established a relationship between postnatal depression/maternal depression and concurrent childhood inattention/hyperactivity and externalising behaviour problems (Elgar et al 2003; a For maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, the categories "yes, occasionally" and "yes", most days were collapsed due to small number of observations in the "yes, most days" category (n=20); b All observations in the adjusted model have a biological mother in the home Romano et al 2006), this is the first study to the authors' knowledge to report on the relationship between postnatal depression and ADHD diagnosis more specifically. The mechanism relating postnatal depression to ADHD cannot be ascertained from this study.…”

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Predictors of Parent-Reported Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Aged 6–7 years: A National Longitudinal Study

Sciberras

Ukoumunne

Efron

2011

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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This study examined the prenatal, postnatal and demographic predictors of parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in an Australian population-based sample. Participants were families participating in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. There were approximately even numbers of males (51%) and females (49%) in the sample. Predictors of parent-reported ADHD status at Wave 2 (children aged 6-7 years) which were measured at Wave 1 (children aged 4-5 years) included cigarette smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy (prenatal factors); maternal postnatal depression, intensive care at birth, birth weight, and gestation (postnatal factors); and child gender, primary caregiver education, income, family composition, and maternal age at childbirth (socio-demographic factors). We found that male gender, cigarette smoking during pregnancy, and maternal postnatal depression were the only significant predictors (at the 5% level) of ADHD in the adjusted analysis (N = 3,474). Our results are consistent with previous findings that male gender and cigarette smoking during pregnancy are risk factors for ADHD. In addition, we found that postnatal depression was predictive of parent-reported ADHD.

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Predictors of Parent-Reported Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Aged 6–7 years: A National Longitudinal Study

Sciberras

Ukoumunne

Efron

2011

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…First, the causal direction of the relations we found is unknown. Children's depressive symptoms and cognitions may likely effect mothers' depression and cognitions (i.e., Elgar et al 2003). Second, we used all self-report measures, and as noted above future studies can build on this study by using other methodologies, and measures, to assess depressive-related cognitions and attributional processes.…”

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Exploring Modeling-based Hypotheses in Preadolescent Girls’ and Boys’ Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

Blount

Epkins

2008

Cogn Ther Res

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In a community sample of 163 children (ages 9-12) and their mothers, we explored modelingbased hypotheses that may underlie how cognitive vulnerability components to depression (negative cognitive triad and negative attributional style) are transmitted from mother to preadolescent children. Results found mothers' negative cognitive triad partially mediated the relation between mothers' depressive symptoms and children's negative cognitive triad. Moreover, mothers' negative cognitive triad was uniquely and significantly related to children's negative cognitive triad, after statistically adjusting for the effects of mothers' depressive and anxiety symptoms in our full sample, as well as in a subsample of our mothers with more depressive symptoms. Most importantly, in our full sample and our subsamples with more depressive symptoms, the amount of time that mothers reported spending with their children moderated the relation between mothers' and children's negative cognitive triad, with significantly stronger relations found between mothers' and children's negative cognitive triad when mothers reported spending higher in comparison to lower amounts of time spent together. Our modeling-based hypotheses with respect to attributional style, and child sex, were not supported. Implications of our findings for further understanding of family-based modeling mechanisms of risk, and directions for future research, are highlighted.

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“…2 Depressive Symptoms Parents reported depressive symptoms at Times 1 and 2 using a 12-item version of Radloff's (1977) Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D-12). This short scale has adequate crossvalidity with the original version of the scale (Poulin et al 2005) and has been used in previous studies of parental depression (e.g., Elgar et al 2003;Lipman et al 2002). Parents indicated how well 12 statements described their mood over the previous 2 weeks (e.g., "I did not feel like eating or my appetite was poor" and "I felt that I could not shake off the blues even with help from my family or friends").…”

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Maternal and Paternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Maladjustment: The Mediating Role of Parental Behavior

Elgar

Mills

McGrath

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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This study examined parental behaviors as mediators in links between depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers and child adjustment problems. Participants were 4,184 parents and 6,048 10- to 15-year-olds enrolled in the 1998 and 2000 cycles of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Mothers and fathers self-reported symptoms of depression at Times 1 and 2 and their children assessed parental nurturance, rejection, and monitoring and self-reported internalizing and externalizing problems and prosocial behavior at Time 2. Hierarchical linear modeling showed evidence of mediation involving all three domains of parental behavior. Findings supported the hypothesis that the quality of the child's rearing environment is one mechanism that carries risk to children of depressed parents. Interventions for parents whose symptoms of depression interfere with parenting responsibilities could help reduce the risk of some childhood disorders.

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Antecedent-Consequence Conditions in Maternal Mood and Child Adjustment: A Four-Year Cross-Lagged Study

Cited by 92 publications

References 56 publications

Predictors of Parent-Reported Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Aged 6–7 years: A National Longitudinal Study

Predictors of Parent-Reported Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Aged 6–7 years: A National Longitudinal Study

Exploring Modeling-based Hypotheses in Preadolescent Girls’ and Boys’ Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

Maternal and Paternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Maladjustment: The Mediating Role of Parental Behavior

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