Natalie Guerrero1,2, Ronald Gangnon3, Marah A Curtis4, Carmen R Valdez5, Deborah B Ehrenthal6, Elizabeth A Jacobs7. 1. Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Naatalie.Guerrero@bcm.edu. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Naatalie.Guerrero@bcm.edu. 3. Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 4. School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 5. Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas At Austin, Austin, TX, USA. 6. Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 7. Departments of Population Health and Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, University of Texas At Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: We examined the association of exposure to maternal depression during year 2 of a child's life with future child problem behavior. We conducted a secondary analysis to investigate whether race/ethnicity is a moderator of this relationship. METHODS: We used Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study data (age 3 N = 3288 and 49% Black, 26% Hispanic, 22% non-Hispanic White; age 5 N = 3001 and 51% Black, 25% Hispanic, 21% non-Hispanic White; age 9 N = 3630 and 50% Black, 25% Hispanic, 21% non-Hispanic White) and ordinal logistic regression to model problem behavior at ages 3, 5, and 9 on maternal depression status during year 2. RESULTS: At age 9, children whose mother was depressed during year 2 were significantly more likely to have higher internalizing (AOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.42,2.61) and externalizing (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.10,2.48) problem behavior scores. In our secondary analysis, race/ethnicity did not have moderating effects, potentially due to a limitation of the data that required use of maternal self-reported race/ethnicity as a proxy for child race/ethnicity. DISCUSSION: Exposure to maternal depression after the prenatal and perinatal periods may have a negative association with children's behavioral development through age 9. Interventions that directly target maternal depression during this time should be developed. Additional research is needed to further elucidate the role of race/ethnicity in the relationship between maternal depression and child problem behavior.
INTRODUCTION: We examined the association of exposure to maternal depression during year 2 of a child's life with future child problem behavior. We conducted a secondary analysis to investigate whether race/ethnicity is a moderator of this relationship. METHODS: We used Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study data (age 3 N = 3288 and 49% Black, 26% Hispanic, 22% non-Hispanic White; age 5 N = 3001 and 51% Black, 25% Hispanic, 21% non-Hispanic White; age 9 N = 3630 and 50% Black, 25% Hispanic, 21% non-Hispanic White) and ordinal logistic regression to model problem behavior at ages 3, 5, and 9 on maternal depression status during year 2. RESULTS: At age 9, children whose mother was depressed during year 2 were significantly more likely to have higher internalizing (AOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.42,2.61) and externalizing (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.10,2.48) problem behavior scores. In our secondary analysis, race/ethnicity did not have moderating effects, potentially due to a limitation of the data that required use of maternal self-reported race/ethnicity as a proxy for child race/ethnicity. DISCUSSION: Exposure to maternal depression after the prenatal and perinatal periods may have a negative association with children's behavioral development through age 9. Interventions that directly target maternal depression during this time should be developed. Additional research is needed to further elucidate the role of race/ethnicity in the relationship between maternal depression and child problem behavior.
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Child problem behavior; Maternal depression; Race/ethnicity
Authors: Maria Muzik; Katherine L Rosenblum; Emily A Alfafara; Melisa M Schuster; Nicole M Miller; Rachel M Waddell; Emily Stanton Kohler Journal: Arch Womens Ment Health Date: 2015-01-11 Impact factor: 3.633