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Persistent maternal depressive symptoms trajectories influence children's IQ: The EDEN mother-child cohort: van der Waerden et al.

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van der Waerden, Judith, Bernard, Jonathan Y., De Agostini, Maria, Saurel-Cubizolles, Marie-Josèphe, Peyre, Hugo, Heude, Barbara, Melchior, Maria, for The EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group·2017·Depression and Anxiety

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BACKGROUND: This study assessed the association between timing and course of maternal depression from pregnancy onwards and children's cognitive development at ages 5 to 6. Potential interaction effects with child sex and family socioeconomic status were explored. METHODS: One thousand thirty-nine mother-child pairs from the French EDEN mother-child birth cohort were followed from 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy onwards. Based on Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores assessed at six timepoints, longitudinal maternal depressive symptom trajectories were calculated with a group-based semiparametric method. Children's cognitive function was assessed at ages 5 to 6 by trained interviewers with the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Third Edition (WPPSI-III), resulting in three composite scores: Verbal IQ (VIQ), Performance IQ (PIQ), and Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ). RESULTS: Five trajectories of maternal symptoms of depression could be distinguished: no symptoms, persistent intermediate-level depressive symptoms, persistent high depressive symptoms, high symptoms in pregnancy only, and high symptoms in the child's preschool period only. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that, compared to children of mothers who were never depressed, children of mothers with persistent high levels of depressive symptoms had reduced VIQ, PIQ, and FSIQ scores. This association was moderated by the child's sex, boys appearing especially vulnerable in case of persistent maternal depression. CONCLUSIONS: Chronicity of maternal depression predicts children's cognitive development at school entry age, particularly in boys. As maternal mental health is an early modifiable influence on child development, addressing the treatment needs of depressed mothers may help reduce the associated burden on the next generation.

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van der Waerden, J., Bernard, J. Y., De Agostini, M., Saurel-Cubizolles, M.-J., Peyre, H., Heude, B., Melchior, M., & for The EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group
Affiliations
  • Department of Social Epidemiology; INSERM UMR_S 1136; Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health; Paris France
  • Inserm (FR)
  • INSERM; UMR1153 Epidemiology and Biostatistics Sorbonne Paris Cité Center (CRESS); Developmental Origins of Health and disease (ORCHAD) Team; Villejuif France
  • Sorbonne Universités; UPMC Univ Paris 06; Paris France
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Venue
Depression and Anxiety
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-09-07
Volume
34
Issue
2
Pages
105-117
ISSN
1091-4269 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2520417784
Cited by
67
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 7
FWCI
6.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Depression and Anxiety (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche
  • Fondation pour la Recherche en Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale (FRPSM)
  • National Institute for Research in Public Health (IRESP: General Project Call 2014)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
Keywords
maternal depression, depressive symptom trajectories, child cognitive development, IQ, preschool children, pregnancy, child sex differences, socioeconomic status, EDEN mother-child cohort, maternal mental health, chronicity of depression
MeSH terms
Adult, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Depressive Disorder, Female, France, Humans, Infant, Intelligence, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, Pregnancy, Sex Factors, Social Class, Cohort Studies

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