A preliminary study of depressive symptoms in mothers of 3-year-old prematurely born children
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This exploratory study examined the effects of maternal depressive symptoms on mothers' perceptions of their 3-year-old prematurely born children, interactive behaviors, and child outcomes. Mother and child interactive behaviors were coded from naturalistic observations in their homes. Education and marital status were found to be significantly related to maternal depressive symptoms. Factor analyses were conducted to determine the most prominent behaviors related to maternal depressive symptoms. In a small sample of mothers, the quality of the maternal-child relationship was negatively affected by elevated depressive symptoms. Mothers of prematurely born children may report depressive symptoms that continue into early childhood.
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Socio-economic factors and child developmental disabilities influence the risk of depression in mothers of preterm children.
“However, other factors influence the risk of depression as well, including socio-economic factors and child developmental disabilities (Bozzette and Holditch-Davis,”
From Parental stress and mental health outcomes following very preterm birth: A systematic review of recent findings (2024) · cites this paper as Bozzette and Holditch-Davis, 2015
The Abstract and Discussion (page numbers unavailable) report that education and marital status were related to maternal depressive symptoms, supporting the socio-economic part. The Discussion says other studies linked long-term developmental issues to maternal symptoms, but this study found no significant relationship with child IQ or language skills and did not establish that developmental disabilities influence depression risk. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Bozzette, M., & Holditch-Davis, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Missouri–St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bozzette, Maryann
- Venue
- Children's Health Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-01-06
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 54-68
- ISSN
- 0273-9615 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-6888
- PMC
- PMC4349490
- OpenAlex
- W2018388377
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Children s Health Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R29 NR01894)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Keywords
- maternal depressive symptoms, preterm birth, mothers of preterm infants, mother-child interaction, child outcomes, early childhood, maternal education, marital status, home observation
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