Associations of Parental Depression with Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: Meta-Analyses of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Effects

Ivanova, Masha Y.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Turner, Lori V.

doi:10.1080/15374416.2022.2127104

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“…Emerging research from around the world has found associations between depression in fathers and adverse behavioral, developmental, social, and emotional outcomes of children and adolescents [18][19][20][21][22], but many of the studies were based on small non-representative samples. Population-based studies have found associations between paternal depression and children's externalizing behaviors, such as oppositional defiant disorder, hyperactivity, and conduct disorder [23][24][25][26][27]; internalizing behaviors, such as depression, anxiety, or impaired peer and social interactions [6,24,26,28]; and general measures of behavioral problems [7], but many did not consider prospective associations or focus on specific developmentally important ages.…”

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Paternal depression in the postpartum year and children’s behaviors at age 5 in an urban U.S. birth cohort

Schmitz,

Jimenez,

Corman

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Objective To investigate associations between postpartum depression in fathers and children’s behaviors at age 5 in a national high-risk U.S. sample. Study design A secondary data analysis of 1,796 children in a national birth cohort study that oversampled non-marital births was conducted. Paternal depression was assessed 1 year after the child was born and children’s behaviors were assessed by their primary caregivers when the children were 5 years old. Unadjusted and adjusted negative binomial regression models of associations between paternal depression and child behavior scores and logistic regression models of associations between paternal depression and high scores (at least 1.5 or 2.0 standard deviations above the mean) were estimated. Results In negative binomial regression models that adjusted for child, paternal, and family characteristics and maternal depression, paternal depression was associated with a 17% higher total externalizing behavior score (Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR): 1.17; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.07–1.27), a 17% higher aggressive subscale score (IRR: 1.17; 95% CI: 1.08–1.27), and an 18% higher delinquent subscale score (IRR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.03–1.35). In adjusted logistic regression models for scores ≥2.0 standard deviations above the mean, paternal depression was associated with high total externalizing scores (e.g., Odds Ratio (OR): 3.09; 95% CI: 1.77–5.41), high aggressive behavior scores (OR: 2.40; 95% CI: 1.30–4.43), and high delinquent behavior scores (OR: 2.08; 95% CI: 1.01–4.27). There were suggestive but non-robust associations between paternal depression and attention problems and no associations between paternal depression and internalizing behaviors or social problems. Conclusion Fathers’ depression at age 1 was associated with children’s externalizing behaviors at age 5, an important developmental stage when children transition to school. These findings suggest a need to identify and support fathers with depressive symptoms to promote optimal child development.

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Paternal depression in the postpartum year and children’s behaviors at age 5 in an urban U.S. birth cohort

Schmitz,

Jimenez,

Corman

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…Youth externalizing behavior is predicted by parent agreeableness (Nigg & Hinshaw, 1998), neuroticism (Prinzie et al, 2005), and impulsivity (Moreno Méndez et al, 2020). Parent depression also predicts eternalizing behavior (Ivanova et al, 2022), as does emotional support from a spouse/coparent (Zhao et al, 2022). This is reflected by the path labeled as Hypothesis 7 in Figure 1.…”

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Neighborhood selection by parent personality, depression, and coparent support: A two-study replication.

Chen,

Weaver,

Schofield

2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study addresses the degree to which three selection factors (parent personality, depression, and coparent support) drive movement into neighborhoods and predict changes in youth externalizing behavior. Two studies followed children from birth to age 15 (N = 1,364 for Study 1; N = 4,898 for Study 2). Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, family income, and youth externalizing behavior were consistently and significantly correlated cross sectionally and longitudinally. Selection factors predicted changes in youth externalizing behavior. Higher family income, mother agreeableness, and perceived support from a coparent predicted movement over time into less disadvantaged neighborhoods. Lower levels of mother impulsivity, neuroticism, and depression also predicted movement over time into less disadvantaged neighborhoods. Neighborhood disadvantage did not predict change in youth externalizing behavior when any of the above selection factors were included in the model.

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Parent and Parenting Risk Factors: Impact on Early Childhood Mental Health

Gouze,

Hopkins,

Lavigne

2024

Early Childhood Psychopathology

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Associations of Parental Depression with Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: Meta-Analyses of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Effects

Cited by 16 publications

References 161 publications

Paternal depression in the postpartum year and children’s behaviors at age 5 in an urban U.S. birth cohort

Paternal depression in the postpartum year and children’s behaviors at age 5 in an urban U.S. birth cohort

Neighborhood selection by parent personality, depression, and coparent support: A two-study replication.

Parent and Parenting Risk Factors: Impact on Early Childhood Mental Health

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