Maternal and paternal depression and child mental health trajectories: evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationships between offspring depression profiles across adolescence and different timings of parental depression during the perinatal period remain unknown.

Aims

To explore different timings of maternal and paternal perinatal depression in relation to patterns of change in offspring depressive mood over a 14 year period.

Method

Data were obtained from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Parental antenatal depression (ANTD) was assessed at 18 weeks gestation, and postnatal depression (PNTD) at 8 weeks postpartum. Population-averaged trajectories of offspring depressive symptoms were estimated using the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) on nine occasions between 10 and 24 years of age.

Results

Full data were

SUBMITTER: Rajyaguru P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485341 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature