TY - JOUR
T1 - Trajectories of Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Maternal Sensitivity, and Children's Functioning at School Entry
AU - Campbell, Susan B.
AU - Matestic, Patricia
AU - von Stauffenberg, Camilla
AU - Mohan, Roli
AU - Kirchner, Thomas
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the authors modeled trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from infant age 1 month to 7 years. The authors identified 6 trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms: high-chronic, moderate-increasing, high-decreasing, intermittent, moderate-stable, and low-stable. Women on these depression trajectories varied in sociodemographic risk and in changes in observed maternal sensitivity over time. Maternal sensitivity was generally higher and increased when depressive symptoms were low; sensitivity was lower and decreased when depressive symptoms were either high or increasing. Child outcomes at 1st grade were examined by trajectory group. The authors discuss the complexity of disentangling maternal symptoms from maternal sensitivity and sociodemographic risk when predicting children's functioning.
AB - Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the authors modeled trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from infant age 1 month to 7 years. The authors identified 6 trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms: high-chronic, moderate-increasing, high-decreasing, intermittent, moderate-stable, and low-stable. Women on these depression trajectories varied in sociodemographic risk and in changes in observed maternal sensitivity over time. Maternal sensitivity was generally higher and increased when depressive symptoms were low; sensitivity was lower and decreased when depressive symptoms were either high or increasing. Child outcomes at 1st grade were examined by trajectory group. The authors discuss the complexity of disentangling maternal symptoms from maternal sensitivity and sociodemographic risk when predicting children's functioning.
KW - child adjustment
KW - maternal depressive symptoms
KW - maternal sensitivity
KW - sociodemographic risk
KW - trajectories
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.43.5.1202
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.43.5.1202
M3 - Article
C2 - 17723045
AN - SCOPUS:34548846366
VL - 43
SP - 1202
EP - 1215
JO - Developmental Psychology
JF - Developmental Psychology
SN - 0012-1649
IS - 5
ER -