“…High levels of maternal depression has repeatedly been shown to negatively impact child well-being, (Field et al, 1996;Tronick & Gianino, 2006). Children whose mothers have depression have difficulties with self-regulation (Tronick & Gianino, 2006), developmental outcomes (Field et al, 1996;Huang, Costeines, Ayala, & Kaufman, 2013), and school and mental health outcomes later in life (Beardslee, Wright, Gladstone, & Forbes, 2007;Sanson, Oberklaid, Pedlow, & Prior, 2006). In addition, the relationship between maternal depression and parenting stress have been well-documented in the literature (Goodman & Brand, 2011;Thomason et al, 2014).…”