Maternal depressive symptoms in infancy: unique contribution to children's depressive symptoms in childhood and adolescence?

Bureau, Jean-François; Easterbrooks, M. Ann; Lyons-Ruth, Karlen

doi:10.1017/s0954579409000285

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Maternal depressive symptoms in infancy: unique contribution to children's depressive symptoms in childhood and adolescence?

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Bureau, Jean-François, Easterbrooks, M. Ann, Lyons-Ruth, Karlen·2009·Development and Psychopathology

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This prospective 20-year study assessed associations between maternal depressive symptoms in infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and child and adolescent depressive symptoms in a sample of families at high psychosocial risk. Maternal symptomatology was assessed with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) when children were infants (12 months), school-aged (age 8), and adolescents (age 19). Children's depressive symptoms were measured at age 8 (Dimensions of Depression Profile for Children and Adolescents) and age 19 (CES-D). Maternal depressive symptoms during infancy contributed to the prediction of child depressive symptoms at age 8, after controlling for concurrent maternal depressive symptoms, clinical risk in infancy, and gender. Clinical risk in infancy marginally contributed to the prediction model. Disorganization of attachment in infancy and maternal hostility were independent predictors of depressive symptoms at age 8 and did not mediate the relation between maternal and child depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms in adolescence were predicted by gender, children's depressive symptoms at age 8, maternal depressive symptoms in adolescence, and maternal depressive symptoms in infancy. There was no moderating effect of gender. Adding to previous evidence on the importance of early maternal depression, maternal depressive symptoms during infancy were related to the development of depressive symptoms in childhood and adolescence even when other variables of potential relevance were controlled.

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“The importance of such interventions is underlined by a growing body of research demonstrating that infants of mothers with mental health problems are at increased risk for developmental delays, cognitive and functional impairments, physical symptoms and injuries, as well as behavioral and emotional problems in the affected pre-school and school age children (Bagner et al., 2010; Bureau et al., 2”
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Authors: Bureau, J.-F., Easterbrooks, M. A., & Lyons-Ruth, K.
Affiliations: Harvard University (US)
Tufts University (US)
Corresponding author: Bureau, Jean-François
ORCID: Bureau, Jean-François
Easterbrooks, M. Ann
Venue: Development and Psychopathology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 2009-04-01
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Pages: 519-537
ISSN: 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
1469-2198
DOI: 10.1017/s0954579409000285
PMC: PMC2666930
OpenAlex: W2031186619
Cited by: 132
References: 99
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 10.63
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations: Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (MH5122, MH062030, R01MH062030)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Keywords: maternal depressive symptoms, infant depression, child depressive symptoms, adolescent depressive symptoms, intergenerational transmission of depression, disorganized attachment, maternal hostility, psychosocial risks, gender differences
MeSH terms: Age Factors, Child, Depression, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Massachusetts, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, Personality Assessment, Prospective Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Time Factors, Young Adult

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