Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Toddler Behavior Problems: The Role of Maternal Sensitivity and Child Sex

Edwards, Renee C.; Hans, Sydney L.

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“…Data from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort ( N = 258) showed that maternal prenatal depressive symptoms were positively associated with both internalizing and externalizing symptoms at age 2 among girls, but only internalizing symptoms in boys [61•]. In a study of young African-American mothers and their offspring ( N = 196), prenatal depressive symptoms were indirectly associated with increased child social/emotional problems at age 2 through postnatal maternal depressive symptoms and maternal parenting sensitivity, but this effect was significant only among boys [73]. Similarly, a community-based cohort study ( N = 885) found a significant interaction between prenatal maternal depression and child sex in predicting a broad measure of social-emotional well-being at age 7: Prenatal maternal depression was associated with much higher levels of emotional-behavioral problems among boys and was not significant for girls [40].…”

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Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Prenatal Stress: a Review of the Recent Literature

Sutherland

Brunwasser

2018

Curr Psychiatry Rep

128

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Most articles (k = 35) found evidence of either sex-specific associations (significant in one sex but not the other) or significant PNMSstress interactions for at least one child health outcome. Evidence for sex-dependent effects was strongest in the group of studies evaluating child neural/nervous system development and temperament as outcomes. There is sufficient evidence of sex-dependent associations to recommend that researchers always consider the potential role of child sex in PNMS programming studies and report descriptive statistics for study outcomes stratified by child biological sex.

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Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Prenatal Stress: a Review of the Recent Literature

Sutherland

Brunwasser

2018

Curr Psychiatry Rep

128

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“…The socioemotional well‐being of infants and young children is tied to the well‐being of their caregivers and the families with whom they live. Caregiver's depression has a harmful impact on child's SED, with possible interpretations including (a) depression affected interactions and attachment security (Carter et al., ; Martins & Gaffan, ; Mason, Briggs, & Silver, ; Roberts, Locasale‐Crouch, Hamre, & Decoster, ); (b) depression decreases a caregiver's sensitivity to child's needs and compromises the ability to provide stimulating and proactive parenting (Edwards & Hans, ; Esposito, Manian, Truzzi, & Bornstein, ; R. Feldman et al., ; Wilson & Durbin, ); and (c) depression is associated with negative parenting behavior (Carter et al., ; Kiernan & Huerta, ; Lovejoy, Graczyk, O'Hare, & Neuman, ), such as neglectful care and harsh discipline.…”

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Caregiver's Depressive Symptoms and Young Children's Socioemotional Development Delays: A Cross‐sectional Study in Poor Rural Areas of China

Wei

Zhang

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Infant Mental Health Journal

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Poverty and its associated factors put people at risk for depression. The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms (DS) of primary caregivers and socioemotional development (SED) delays of young children in poor rural areas of China, and to explore the association between them. Cross-sectional data of 2,664 children aged 3 to 35 months and their primary caregivers were used for analysis. Characteristics of the child, caregiver, and family were collected through face-to-face caregiver interviews. DS were assessed by the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (W.W. Zung, 1965, as cited in World Health Organization, ), and SED was evaluated by the Ages and Stage Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (J. Squires, D. Bricker, & L. Potter, 1997). The χ test, stratification analysis, and logistic regression analyses were used to explore the association. Among the caregivers, 40.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] [38.4, 42.1]), reported DS. Caregivers who were male, older and ethnic minorities as well as had a low level of education, a low family income, or more children were more likely to have DS. Of the children, 24.4% (95% CI [22.8, 26.0]) were recognized with SED delays. Older children displayed more delays than did younger children, but no significant differences between males and females were found. SED delays were significantly associated with mother outmigrating, male caregivers, older age, ethnic minorities, and low education or families with a single parent, low-income, and having more children. Caregivers having DS, odds ratio (OR) = 2.40, 95% CI [1.99, 2.88], was a significant predictor of increased odds of SED delays; other factors were single-parent family, OR = 1.99, 95% CI [1.37, 2.89], inadequate care, OR = 1.69, 95% CI [1.30, 2.21], physical punishment, OR = 1.61, 95% CI [1.33, 1.95], ethnic minorities, OR = 1.41, 95% CI [1.17, 1.71], and child age in months, OR = 1.03, 95% CI [1.02, 1.04], according to the logistic regression analysis. DS are prevalent among caregivers with young children in poor rural areas. Interventions to improve the mental health of caregivers and their parenting behaviors are needed to improve children's SED.

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“…Research addressing the mediating role of parenting abilities in this link is sparse. So far, only a small number of studies have shown that parenting abilities (i.e., positive discipline and maternal sensitivity) mediate the association of prenatal maternal depressive symptoms/stress with child behavioral outcomes in early childhood (Edwards and Hans 2016;Kok et al 2013). The mediating role of parenting abilities in the link between maternal anxiety during pregnancy and child behavioral/emotional outcomes has, however, not been studied so far.…”

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Does Mindful Parenting Mediate the Association between Maternal Anxiety during Pregnancy and Child Behavioral/Emotional Problems?

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Objectives Maternal anxiety during pregnancy is a risk factor for child behavioral/emotional problems. Knowledge about explanatory factors mediating this link is scarce. Maternal anxiety during pregnancy may be an indicator of adverse postnatal environmental conditions, including maternal anxiety and poor parenting, possibly affecting child behavior. This study investigated whether maternal anxiety and mindful parenting in early childhood mediate the association between maternal anxiety during pregnancy and child behavioral/emotional problems. Methods This study was based on a sample of 118 mother-child dyads who participated in a cohort study that followed participants from pregnancy until 4 years after birth. At 21 weeks' gestation and when the child was 4 years old, mothers completed questionnaires to assess state anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and general anxiety (Symptom Checklist-90 anxiety subscale). At age 4 years, mothers reported mindful parenting (Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale) and child behavioral/emotional problems (Child Behavior Checklist). Results Maternal state anxiety during pregnancy was positively associated with child internalizing problems and negatively with mindful parenting. Maternal general anxiety during pregnancy was related with more child internalizing and externalizing problems but not with mindful parenting. The association between maternal state anxiety during pregnancy and child internalizing problems was sequentially mediated via concurrent maternal general anxiety and mindful parenting. Conclusions These findings suggest that maternal anxiety during pregnancy continues into early childhood and, because of this, it subsequently affects child internalizing behavior via poor mindful parenting. Replication studies are needed before developing interventions for tackling maternal anxiety during pregnancy and promoting mindful parenting.

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Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Toddler Behavior Problems: The Role of Maternal Sensitivity and Child Sex

Cited by 43 publications

References 69 publications

Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Prenatal Stress: a Review of the Recent Literature

Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Prenatal Stress: a Review of the Recent Literature

Caregiver's Depressive Symptoms and Young Children's Socioemotional Development Delays: A Cross‐sectional Study in Poor Rural Areas of China

Does Mindful Parenting Mediate the Association between Maternal Anxiety during Pregnancy and Child Behavioral/Emotional Problems?

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