Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood temperament before and during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Fiske, Abigail; Scerif, Gaia; Holmboe, Karla

doi:10.1002/icd.2354

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“…Our own previous findings from this sample, based on questionnaire data alone [ 44 ], showed cascading associations between maternal depressive symptoms and infant negative affect across the first year of life, and primarily during the first 6 months of life, with most of these effects being maternally driven (i.e., earlier maternal depression predicted later infant negative affect, but not the other way round). Other previous studies have also found that infants of depressed mothers are characterized by more negative affect [e.g., 60 , 63 , 64 ], and a recent study replicated the association between maternal depression and infant negative affect at 10 months, whereas this association had disappeared by 16 months [ 65 ]. Thus, this specific association between maternal depressive symptoms and the construct of infant negative affect might be stronger in early infancy and start weakening by the end of the first year of life.…”

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confidence: 71%

Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age

Rigato,

Vrticka,

Stets

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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This longitudinal study investigated the associations between mother-infant interaction characteristics at 9 months of age, maternal mental health, infant temperament in the first year postpartum, and child behaviour at 3 years of age. The infants (N = 54, 22 females) mainly had White British ethnic backgrounds (85.7%). Results showed that i) mother-infant dyadic affective mutuality positively correlated with infant falling reactivity, suggesting that better infant regulatory skills are associated with the dyad’s ability to share and understand each other’s emotions; and ii) maternal respect for infant autonomy predicted fewer child peer problems at 3 years of age, suggesting that maternal respect for the validity of the infant’s individuality promotes better social and emotional development in early childhood.

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confidence: 71%

Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age

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Vrticka,

Stets

et al. 2024

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“…Seventh, this study was conducted before the pandemic. Though temperament traits were broadly considered to be highly stable across time and that COVID-19 infections did not biologically affect early temperament development [ 106 ], this may nonetheless limit the applicability of our findings. For instance, stress and life disruptions associated with maternal COVID-19 infections may still result in maternal-rated changes in infant temperament at 6 months [ 107 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Temperament and adolescent suicide attempts: a case-control study with multi-ethnic Asian adolescents

Toh,

Wan,

Kroneman

et al. 2023

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Suicide is the leading cause of death for adolescents in several parts of Asia, including Singapore. This study examines the relationship between temperament and youth suicide attempts in a sample of multi-ethnic Singaporean adolescents. Methods A case-control design compared 60 adolescents (Mage = 16.40, SDage = 2.00) with a recent suicide attempt (i.e., past 6 months) with 58 adolescents (Mage = 16.00, SDage = 1.68) without any history of suicide attempts. Presence of suicide attempts was established using the semi-structured interviewer-administered Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale. Participants also completed self-report measures on temperament traits, psychiatric diagnoses, stressful life events, and perceived parental rejection in an interview-based format. Results Psychiatric comorbidity, recent stressful life events, perceived parental rejection, and all five “difficult temperament” traits, were significantly overrepresented among adolescent cases relative to healthy controls. Adjusted logistic regression models revealed significant associations between suicide attempt, MDD comorbidity (OR: 10.7, 95% Cl: (2.24–51.39)), “negative mood” trait (OR: 1.12–1.18, 95% Cl: (1.00–1.27)), and the interaction term of “positive mood” and “high adaptability” traits (OR: 0.943 – 0.955, 95% Cl: (0.900 − 0.986)). Specifically, “positive mood” predicted lower likelihood of a suicide attempt when “adaptability” was high (OR: 0.335 – 0.342, 95% Cl: (0.186 − 0.500)) but not low (OR: 0.968 – 0.993, 95% Cl: (0.797 − 1.31)). Conclusion Temperament screening may be important to identify adolescents at higher or lower risk of suicide at an early stage. More longitudinal and neurobiological research converging on these temperament findings will be helpful in ascertaining temperament screening as an effective suicide prevention methodology for adolescents.

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“…Child temperament has also been associated with parental depression (Tolja, Radoš, & Andelinović, 2020) during COVID-19 (Fiske, Scerif, & Holmboe, 2022). However, there is limited research on the associations between children's temperament across maternal mental health symptoms (i.e., stress and anxiety) during COVID-19.…”

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The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Low-Income Canadian Mother’s Mental Health Profiles: A Latent Transition Analysis

Burns

Jegatheeswaran

Barron

et al. 2023

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There is evidence of an overall decline in maternal mental health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is also heterogeneity in maternal responses. A latent transition analysis was conducted to identify profiles of anxiety, depression, and stress among 289 low-income mothers. Using these identified profiles, we examined the transitional patterns between profiles before and during COVID-19 and the sociodemographic and familial factors related to these profiles. A three-profile solution was identified prior to COVID-19, and a four-profile solution during COVID-19, with some profiles exhibiting qualitatively different defining characteristics. Latent transition analyses found diverse patterns of mental health shifts after the onset of COVID-19. However, mothers with better mental health prior to COVID-19 tended to have the most stable mental health during COVID-19. In contrast, mothers who were highly stressed prior to COVID-19 were equally likely to improve or decline after the onset of the pandemic. In addition, the relationships between ethnicity, parenting practices, child temperament, and mental health were significantly related to maternal mental health. These findings describe mothers’ experiences and areas where policymakers and practitioners can tailor support to low-income mothers.

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Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood temperament before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Cited by 10 publications

References 75 publications

Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age

Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age

Temperament and adolescent suicide attempts: a case-control study with multi-ethnic Asian adolescents

The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Low-Income Canadian Mother’s Mental Health Profiles: A Latent Transition Analysis

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