The impact of maternal depression on child academic and socioemotional outcomes

Dahlen, Heather

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.01.006

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Section: Maternal Mental Health and Child-level Socio-emotional Devmentioning

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“…Children of depressed mothers are known to be at higher risk for emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and social problems (Dahlen, 2016;Dannemiller, 1999;Goodman et al, 2011;Weissman et al, 2006). For example, Dahlen (2016) found interpersonal problems in preschool and school-aged children were associated with moderate and severe levels of maternal depression. Maternal depression also has been linked with tendencies for more antisocial behavior, which can be observed in behaviors such as heightened aggression and conduct problems (Chronis et al, 2007;Gilliam et al, 2015;Weissman et al, 2006;Zahn-Waxler, Iannotti, Cummings, & Denham, 1990) as well as lower empathy (Apter-Levy, Feldman, Vakart, Ebstein, & Feldman, 2013).…”

Section: Maternal Mental Health and Child-level Socio-emotional Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

MacGowan

2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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Maternal psychological factors are known to play a critical role in children's socioemotional development, particularly in pro‐ and anti‐social behaviors. Although shyness is a ubiquitous phenomenon and associated with social anxiety, relatively few have examined the relation between maternal shyness and children's socioemotional development. We explored the moderating influence of children's resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and RSA change on the relation between maternal shyness and children's shyness, empathy, and aggression in 129 (62 males) typically developing 4‐ (n = 81) and 6‐ (n = 48) year‐olds. We found that 6‐year‐olds' RSA change score from baseline to a cognitive challenge task acted as a moderator on the relation between mother's shyness and child observed empathy but not for maternal report of child aggression or child's observed shyness. These results were not found in the 4‐year‐olds. Six‐year‐olds with relatively high RSA change and relatively low maternal shyness displayed the highest levels of empathy. These results suggest that the maternal caregiving environment and biological characteristics of the child may confer individual differences in prosocial behaviors in children. Findings are discussed in terms of age‐related differences in socioemotional behaviors in children of shy mothers.

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Section: Maternal Mental Health and Child-level Socio-emotional Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Maternal Mental Health and Child-level Socio-emotional Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

MacGowan

2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Irrespective of theory, perhaps the most important finding from the current study is that infants' tendency to follow other peoples' gaze is impacted by maternal depression and the quality of the infant-mother attachment. As gaze following provides a bridge to learning about the world, a diminished gaze following ability or tendency points to a mechanistic explanation for what has been long known, that infants with depressed mothers and children with insecure attachment relationships face profound and potentially lifelong challenges [74,75]. These findings highlight the importance of the parent-infant interaction for children's social development and illustrate the challenges faced by infants living with depressed parents and in families where social support and attachment relationships are less than ideal.…”

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Social and emotional contexts predict the development of gaze following in early infancy

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The development of gaze following begins in early infancy and its developmental foundation has been under heavy debate. Using a longitudinal design ( N = 118), we demonstrate that attachment quality predicts individual differences in the onset of gaze following, at six months of age, and that maternal postpartum depression predicts later gaze following, at 10 months. In addition, we report longitudinal stability in gaze following from 6 to 10 months. A full path model (using attachment, maternal depression and gaze following at six months) accounted for 21% of variance in gaze following at 10 months. These results suggest an experience-dependent development of gaze following, driven by the infant's own motivation to interact and engage with others (the social-first perspective).

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“…Children of mothers with persistent and severe depression are at an increased risk for behavioral problems by 3.5 years of age, and lower mathematics grades and risk of depression during adolescence compared with children whose mothers had normal levels of depressive symptoms below the threshold (43). Dahlen found recurrent episodes of maternal depression in multiple periods of the child life had impacts on poorer mother-infant interactions, reductions in children’s reading scores, less-developed interpersonal skills, and more externalizing behavioral problems in third grade than children whose mothers were not depressed (44). Chronic or persistent postpartum depression can severely compromise the ability of mothers to provide care and foster secure attachment, even more if the symptoms of depression persists in sensitive periods of children’s development in which the impact on the child’s emotional development is potentially more threatened (45).…”

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Chronic Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Reduced Socio-Emotional Development in Children at 2 Years of Age: Analysis of Data From an Intervention Cohort in Rural Pakistan

2019

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Background: Maternal depression affects a high proportion of women during the antenatal and postnatal period in low- and middle-income countries. While maternal depression is recognized as a significant risk for poor early child development that warrants interventions, the effects of chronic maternal depression on children’s development are less understood. Objective: To determine the association of chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms and early child development in a rural population in southern Pakistan. Materials and Methods: This study employs data from the “Pakistan Early Child Development Scale-Up Trial,” a randomized controlled study that evaluated the integration of responsive stimulation and nutrition interventions in a community health service. In the present analysis, linear regression was used to test the effects of chronicity of high maternal depressive symptoms on children’s early development (n = 1205 mother-infant dyads). Children’s development was assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development at 24 months of age. Maternal depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline and every 6 months using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Results: No significant associations were observed between chronic maternal depressive symptoms and child cognitive, language, or motor development after adjusting for parental characteristics, the caregiving environment and socioeconomic variables. A negative significant association between chronicity of high maternal depressive symptoms and child socio-emotional development (β coefficient −2.57, 95% CI: −5.14; −0.04) was observed after adjusting for the selected variables. Conclusions: The results suggest that interventions designed to promote early child development should also integrate repeat screening for depression and longer-term psychosocial support for mothers.

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The impact of maternal depression on child academic and socioemotional outcomes

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

Social and emotional contexts predict the development of gaze following in early infancy

Chronic Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Reduced Socio-Emotional Development in Children at 2 Years of Age: Analysis of Data From an Intervention Cohort in Rural Pakistan

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