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A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND CHILD BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS
Author(s) -
Ghodsian Mayer,
Zajicek Eva,
Wolkind Stephen
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1984.tb01721.x
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
Using a random sample of first-time mothers from an inner London borough, the relationship was examined between maternal depression and child behaviour problems at various stages after the birth of the child. Child problems at 14 months were unrelated to present or past maternal depression. Child problems at 27 and 42 months were related in an interactive way with present and past depression. There was little indication of behaviour problems preceding maternal depression. An examination of possible confounding factors in these relationships was also attempted.