MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND THE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD
MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND THE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD
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DOI:
10.1192/bjp.154.6.818
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发表时间:
1989-06-01
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
KUMAR, R
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作者:
CAPLAN, HL;COGILL, SR;KUMAR, R
Ninety-two women and their first-born children took part in a longitudinal survey of maternal mental health. When the children were four years old, their mothers were interviewed by means of the Behavioral Screening Questionnaire, and the children''s problems were rated by a psychiatrist, who was unaware of the mothers'' psychiatric histories or of assessments of their current health. As expected, mothers who were concurrently depressed reported significantly more behavioral difficulties in their children. Marital disharmony during pregnancy and a history of paternal psychiatric problems were also associated with later childhood behavioral difficulties. Children who scored below average on the McCarthy scales of cognitive abilities were also reported by their mothers to have more behavioral problems, but the children''s behavioral difficulties at four showed no clear links with post-natal depression.