Mediating links between maternal depression and offspring psychopathology: the importance of independent data

Abstract

Results emphasize the importance of independent data for testing mediational claims, and support claims that the processes involved in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology are different for male and female youth.

Parental Affection and Psychological Control as Mediators Between Parents’ Depressive Symptoms and Child Distress

“…Some studies have reported that girls are particularly susceptible to negative effects of parental depression (Burt et al, 2005;Fergusson, Horwood, & Lynskey, 1995;Davies & Windle, 1997), whereas some other studies have found that boys are more susceptible to negative effects of parental depression than girls are (Carter et al, 2001;Essex, Klein, Cho, & Kraemer, 2003;Weinberg et al, 2006). There are also studies which have not found gender differences at all (for a review, see Gartstein et al, 2009;Goodman et al, 2011).…”

“…In general, mothers' depression (for a review, see Connell & Goodman, 2002) and depressive symptoms (Durbin, Klein, Hayden, Buckley, & Moerk, 2005) seem to be more strongly associated with child distress than those of fathers. Results concerning the role of child's gender, in turn, have been inconsistent: some studies have found that females are more susceptible to the negative effects of parental depression than males are (e.g., Burt et al, 2005;Fergusson, Horwood, & Lynskey, 1995;Davies & Windle, 1997), whereas some other studies have found that the effects are stronger for boys than girls, particularly among younger children (Carter, Garrity-Rokous, Chazan-Cohen, Little, & Briggs-Gowan, 2001;Weinberg, Olson, Beeghly, & Tronick, 2006). There are still some other studies that have not found any gender differences (for a review, see Gartstein, Bridgett, Dishion, & Kaufman, 2009;Goodman, Rouse, Connell, Broth, Hall, & Heyward, 2011).…”

“…In the study by Elgar et al (2007), lack of nurturance and a high rejection by parents mediated the association between both mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms and their 10-to 15-year-old offspring's emergence of emotional and behavioral problems. In the study by Jaser et al (2008), the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems was mediated by the observed sadness in mothers' interactions with their children (see also, Burt et al, 2005;Johnson et al, 2001). …”

Associação entre depressão materna e diferenças de gênero no comportamento de crianças: uma revisão sistemática

“…De acordo com a Tabela 3, pode-se observar que todos os 11 estudos avaliaram a fase escolar e incluíram, além desta, a fase pré-escolar ou a adolescência, com destaque para três artigos 16,33,34 que abrangeram desde a pré-escola até a adolescência. As variáveis abordadas para as crianças foram psicopatologia e problemas de comportamento, sendo que três estudos 26,33,34 analisaram tanto comportamentos internalizantes quanto externalizantes.…”

“…As variáveis abordadas para as crianças foram psicopatologia e problemas de comportamento, sendo que três estudos 26,33,34 analisaram tanto comportamentos internalizantes quanto externalizantes.…”