Postnatal depression is associated with detrimental life-long and multi-generational impacts on relationship quality.

ABSTRACT: Postnatal depression (PND) is known to be associated with a range of detrimental child and adolescent outcomes, resulting from its disruptive impact on mother-child relationship quality. However, until now little has been known about the impact of PND on the longer-term relationships between mothers and their children, and any intergenerational effects this may have. Mother-child relationship quality is of interest from an evolutionary perspective as it plays a role in the accrual of offspring embodied capital, thus affecting offspring quality and offspring's capacity to subsequently invest in their own children. Relationships with offspring also mediate grandparent-grandchild relations; if PND negatively affects long-term mother-offspring relationship quality, it is also likely to negativ

SUBMITTER: Myers S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817936 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature