Mothers' symptoms of anxiety and depression and the development of child temperament: A genetically informative, longitudinal investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child temperament traits and mothers' emotional symptoms relating to anxiety and depression may drive changes in one another, leading to their 'co-development' across time. Alternatively, links between mother and child traits may be attributable to shared genetic propensities. We explored longitudinal associations between mothers' emotional symptoms and child temperament traits and adjusted for genetic effects shared across generations.

Methods

This study is based on the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Mothers (n = 34,060) reported on their symptoms of anxiety and depression, and temperament among offspring (n = 42,526), at child ages 1.5, 3 and 5 years. Structural equation models parameterised developmental change in traits,

SUBMITTER: Ahmadzadeh YI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10694534 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature