Maternal depressive symptom trajectories from preconception through postpartum: Associations with offspring developmental outcomes in early childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Two theoretical frameworks, the cumulative stress and match-mismatch model, propose that patterns of maternal depressive symptoms over early periods of offspring development predict outcomes in opposing ways. Studies have yet to test these theories across the preconception, prenatal, and early postnatal period. Study 1 identified trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from preconception to postpartum. Study 2 examined associations of these trajectories with offspring developmental outcomes in early childhood.

Methods

In Study 1, women (n = 362) enrolled in a longitudinal study were assessed prior to conception and through a subsequent pregnancy and postpartum. In Study 2, a subsample of 125 mother-child pairs completed home visits in early childhood. Mothers

SUBMITTER: Rinne GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature