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THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Cox A. D.,
Puckering C.,
Pound A.,
Mills M.
Publication year - 1987
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.1469-7610.1987.tb00679.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , depression (economics) , social relation , clinical psychology , economics , social psychology , macroeconomics
An urban working class sample of depressed mother with two‐yr‐old children was compared with a control group of non‐depressed mothers using maternal interviews, home observation of mother/child interaction, and developmental assessment of the children Measures were repealed after six months. Children of depressed mother showed more emotional and behavioural disturbance and delay in expressive language development. Depressed mothers had more past and current adverse experiences, particularly in close relationships. In general depressed mothers were less responsive to their Children and less able to sustain social interaction: their children were mare often distressed, but there was a big variation in quality of mother/child interaction within the depressed group.