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Longitudinal relationship between maternal depression and infant temperament in a Japanese population
Author(s) -
Sugawara Masumi,
Kitamura Toshinori,
Toda Mari Aoki,
Shima Satoru
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199907)55:7<869::aid-jclp8>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - temperament , psychology , toddler , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , population , persistence (discontinuity) , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , personality , postpartum depression , clinical psychology , psychiatry , pregnancy , medicine , cognition , depressive symptoms , social psychology , geotechnical engineering , environmental health , engineering , economics , macroeconomics , genetics , biology
To investigate the relationship between maternal depression and infant temperament in a Japanese population, a prospective questionnaire survey was administered in the postpartum period. Postnatal depression was assessed by Zung's (1965) Self‐Rating Depression Scale on two occasions (5 days and 12 months after delivery). At 6 months and 18 months after birth, infant temperament was assessed using the Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire (RITQ; Carey & McDevitt, 1978) and the Toddler Temperament Scale (TTS; Fullward, McDevitt, & Carey, 1984), respectively. Of the five temperamental dimensions of the RITQ and TTS, “rhythmicity” and “attention span and persistence” showed reciprocal relationships with postnatal depression. Unidirectional effects of maternal depression on infant temperament were found for “frustration tolerance” and “fear of strangers and strange situations.” © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 55: 869–880, 1999.