Maternal depression and mother–child interaction patterns: association with toddler problems and continuity of effects to late childhood

Leckman‐Westin, Emily; Cohen, Patricia; Stueve, Ann

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02083.x

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“…Nonetheless, there is also evidence that complex bidirectional relationships exist between maternal and offspring characteristics and, for example, that offspring temperament and personality influence how mothers perceive their children and react to them [42][43][44][45][46]. Furthermore, research found the association between an unfavorable family environment and offspring psychopathology to be pronounced in the presence of parental psychopathology [14,[47][48][49][50][51][52]. For instance, parental social phobia interacted with parenting on predicting offspring social phobia in a way that unfavorable parenting was more strongly associated with offspring social phobia in the presence of parental social phobia [14].…”

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The role of the mother–child relationship for anxiety disorders and depression: results from a prospective-longitudinal study in adolescents and their mothers

Asselmann

Wittchen

Lieb

et al. 2014

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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This study aims to examine whether (a) low child valence (emotional connectedness) within the mother-child relationship increases the risk for offspring depression, (b) low child potency (individual autonomy) increases the risk for offspring anxiety, and (c) maternal psychopathology pronounces these associations. We used data from a prospective-longitudinal study of adolescents (aged 14-17 at baseline) and their mothers (N = 1,015 mother-child dyads). Anxiety disorders and depression were assessed repeatedly over 10 years in adolescents (T0, T1, T2, T3) and their mothers (T1, T3) using the DSM-IV/M-CIDI. Valence and potency were assessed in mothers (T1) with the Subjective Family Image Questionnaire. Odds ratios (OR) from logistic regression were used to estimate associations between low child valence/potency and offspring psychopathology (cumulated lifetime incidences; adjusted for sex and age). In separate models (low valence or low potency as predictor), low child valence predicted offspring depression only (OR = 1.26 per SD), while low child potency predicted offspring anxiety (OR = 1.24) and depression (OR = 1.24). In multiple models (low valence and low potency as predictors), low child valence predicted offspring depression only (OR = 1.19), while low child potency predicted offspring anxiety only (OR = 1.22). Low child potency interacted with maternal anxiety on predicting offspring depression (OR = 1.49), i.e. low child potency predicted offspring depression only in the presence of maternal anxiety (OR = 1.33). These findings suggest that low child valence increases the risk for offspring depression, while low child potency increases the risk for offspring anxiety and depression and interacts with maternal psychopathology on predicting offspring depression.

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The role of the mother–child relationship for anxiety disorders and depression: results from a prospective-longitudinal study in adolescents and their mothers

Asselmann

Wittchen

Lieb

et al. 2014

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…We explored whether these disorders arose in mothers after the birth of a child who was difficult to manage, but found no clear evidence of a relationship between onset of mothers' mental disorders and birth of probands. This suggests a possible nonspecific relationship between maternal anxious psychopathology and offspring mood dysregulation (Leckman-Westin et al 2009). Maternal psychopathology has been shown to impact mothers' reporting of their child's difficulties (Briggs-Gowan et al 1996); such a bias cannot be ruled out in the current study.…”

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Clinical Features of Young Children Referred for Impairing Temper Outbursts

Roy

Klein

Angelosante

et al. 2013

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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Objective: In light of the current controversy about whether severe temper outbursts are diagnostic of mania in young children, we conducted a study to characterize such children, focusing on mania and other mood disorders, emotion regulation, and parental psychiatric history. Methods: Study participants included 51 5-9-year-old children with frequent, impairing outbursts (probands) and 24 nonreferred controls without outbursts. Parents completed a lifetime clinical interview about their child, and rated their child's current mood and behavior. Teachers completed a behavior rating scale. To assess emotion regulation, children were administered the Balloons Game, which assesses emotion expressivity in response to frustration, under demands of high and low regulation. Parental lifetime diagnoses were ascertained in blind clinical interviews. Results: No child had bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (NOS), or major depression (MDD). The most prevalent disorder was oppositional defiant disorder (88.2%), followed by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (74.5%), anxiety disorders (49.0%), and non-MDD depressive disorders (33.3%). Eleven probands (21.6%) met criteria for severe mood dysregulation. During the Balloons Game, when there were no demands for self-regulation, children with severe outbursts showed reduced positive expressivity, and also showed significant deficits in controlling negative facial expressions when asked to do so. Anxiety disorders were the only diagnoses significantly elevated in probands' mothers. Conclusions: Overall, young children with severe temper outbursts do not present with bipolar disorder. Rather, disruptive behavior disorders with anxiety and depressive mood are common. In children with severe outbursts, deficits in regulating emotional facial expressions may reflect deficits controlling negative affect. This work represents a first step towards elucidating mechanisms underlying severe outbursts in young children.

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“…특히, 주 양육자의 심리·정서는 삶의 만족도와 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 나타나 스스로의 삶에 대하여 만족하지 못하면 우울 등의 부정적인 감정을 함양하게 되는데 (조준오, 나정, 홍광 표, 2015) 주 양육자의 불안정한 감정들은 자녀의 정신건강을 저해하는 것으로 나타났다 (Cummings, Keller, & Davies, 2005;Leckman-Westin, Cohen, & Stueve, 2009). 즉, 부모의 불안정한 심리상태는 아동에게 감정적인 학대에 주된 원인이 되어 부정적인 정서와 부적절한 행동문제에 원인이 되므로 (Brook & Schmidt, 2008;Leckman-Westin et al, 2009;Olfson, Marcus, Pincus, & Weissman, 2003) 이들의 우울을 더욱 가중시킬 수 있다.…”

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“…즉, 부모의 불안정한 심리상태는 아동에게 감정적인 학대에 주된 원인이 되어 부정적인 정서와 부적절한 행동문제에 원인이 되므로 (Brook & Schmidt, 2008;Leckman-Westin et al, 2009;Olfson, Marcus, Pincus, & Weissman, 2003) 이들의 우울을 더욱 가중시킬 수 있다. 이러한 맥락에서 볼 때, 주 양육자의 삶 의 질은 자녀의 정신건강 간의 상관이 있을 것으로 예측된다.…”

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A Longitudinal Study between Main Caregivers' Life Satisfaction and Self-esteem and Depression of School-aged Children

Kim¹,

Jo²

2016

Korean Journal of Childcare and Education

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the longitudinal relationship between main caregivers' life satisfaction and depression and self-esteem of school-aged children, and to provide plans for improving the lives of the school-aged children. For this purpose, we analyzed the three years'longitudinal panel data (2011)(2012)(2013) of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) including 2,342 first grade elementary school children employing the latent growth model using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 22.0. Analysis results were as follows. First, main caregivers'life satisfaction and school-aged children's depression increased as time passes and linear change model was selected. Second, the initial status of main caregivers'life satisfaction had effects on the initial status of their children's depression, but initial status and rates of change of life satisfaction did not have an influence on the rates of change of the depression. However, it was found that the main caregivers' life satisfaction had effects on the school-aged children's self-esteem and it worked as a mediator on the longitudinal relationship between the main caregivers'life satisfaction and the children's depression. School-aged children's self-esteem was a partial mediator on the initial status of their depression and full mediator on these rates of change. These findings suggests that programs improving school-aged children's self-esteem should be developed.

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Maternal depression and mother–child interaction patterns: association with toddler problems and continuity of effects to late childhood

Abstract: In sum, these findings suggest that for mothers with high levels of depressive symptoms, demonstrations of affection and responsiveness to toddler offspring may mitigate both current and long-term consequences on offspring behavior.

Cited by 62 publications

References 37 publications

The role of the mother–child relationship for anxiety disorders and depression: results from a prospective-longitudinal study in adolescents and their mothers

The role of the mother–child relationship for anxiety disorders and depression: results from a prospective-longitudinal study in adolescents and their mothers

Clinical Features of Young Children Referred for Impairing Temper Outbursts

A Longitudinal Study between Main Caregivers' Life Satisfaction and Self-esteem and Depression of School-aged Children

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