MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN HEAD START: INDIRECT EFFECTS THROUGH PARENTING

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire E. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
And Behavior

Maternal depressive disorder and contextual risk: Contributions to the development of attachment insecurity and behavior problems in toddlerhood

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANTE CICCHETTI ◽  
FRED A. ROGOSCH ◽  
SHEREE L. TOTH
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior Problems ◽  
Contextual Risk ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Depressed Mothers ◽  
And Behavior

Research has shown that offspring of depressed caregivers are at increased risk for maladaptive development and emotional difficulties. Specifically, infants and toddlers of depressed mothers have been shown to evidence higher percentages of insecure attachments and more behavioral difficulties than offspring of nondisordered mothers. However, even in studies that reveal significant differences between children of depressed and nondepressed caregivers, a substantial number of children with depressed caregivers do not evidence dysfunction. Such findings have resulted in increased attention to the broader social context in which children of depressed mothers develop. This investigation examined the direct influences of maternal depression on child development, as well as the role of contextual risks that may be particularly heightened in families with depressed parents. Toddlers with depressed mothers evidenced significantly more insecure attachments than did toddlers with nondisordered mothers, and this difference was not accounted for by contextual risk. In predicting child behavior problems, contextual risk was found to mediate the relation between maternal depression and child behavior problems. Father-report data on child behavior corroborated the mother report data. Results are discussed in terms of the diversity of functioning in offspring of depressed caregivers that can be attributed to varied levels of contextual risk accompanying depression.

Prenatal Exposure To Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances And Childhood Executive Function And Behavior Problems

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 2135
Author(s):  
Maria H. Harris ◽  
Emily Oken ◽  
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman ◽  
Thomas F. Webster ◽  
Roberta F. White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Prenatal Exposure ◽  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ◽  
And Behavior

Identifying Children with Language Delays and Behavior Problems in Head Start

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann P. Kaiser ◽  
Mary Louise Hemmeter ◽  
Cathy Huaqing Qi ◽  
Ann P. Kaiser ◽  
Terry B. Hancock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Language Delays ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals The Influence of Children's Cognitive Delay and Behavior Problems on Maternal Depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 167 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika R. Cheng ◽  
Mari Palta ◽  
Julie Poehlmann-Tynan ◽  
Whitney P. Witt
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Cognitive Delay ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Poverty and behavior problems during early childhood

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 670-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Rachel Mazza ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Pingault ◽  
Linda Booij ◽  
Michel Boivin ◽  
Richard Tremblay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Established Risk Factor ◽  
Statistics Canada ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Behavior

Poverty is a well-established risk factor for behavior problems, yet our understanding of putative family mediators during early childhood (i.e., before age 5 years) is limited. The present study investigated whether the association between poverty and behavior problems during early childhood is mediated simultaneously by perceived parenting, family dysfunction and/or maternal depression symptoms. Outcomes measures were high trajectories of physical aggression and hyperactivity between 1.5 and 5 years. Poverty was defined as living 2–4 years below the low-income thresholds defined by Statistics Canada. Using data from the first five rounds of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, logistic regressions models showed that poverty was associated with a higher likelihood of being assigned to the high trajectory of physical aggression and hyperactivity. Overprotection and maternal depression symptoms mediated observed associations. Interventions targeting maternal depression, parenting, and poverty should help reducing children’s risk for early behavior problems.

scholarly journals Sex differences in associations between early adversity, child temperament, and behavior problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse L. Coe ◽  
Lauren Micalizzi ◽  
Brittney Josefson ◽  
Stephanie H. Parade ◽  
Ronald Seifer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Early Adversity ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Attentional Allocation ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
And Behavior

Early adversity is associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems among children, and effects of adversity on dimensions of child temperament may underlie these links. However, very little is known about the role of child sex in these processes. The current study examined whether there are indirect effects of early adversity on behavior problems through dimensions of child temperament and whether these indirect effects vary across child sex. Participants in this multimethod (parent-report survey, semistructured interview, child protection records) study included 274 preschool-aged children ( M age = 50.86 months; 52% with documented case of moderate to severe maltreatment) and their primary caregivers assessed at two time points spaced 6 months apart. Results of multigroup path analyses revealed that while anger mediated associations between lifetime stress and behavior problems for the full sample, inhibitory control and appropriate attentional allocation were significant intermediary mechanisms of lifetime stress for boys, but not for girls. Inhibitory control mediated associations between maltreatment and behavior problems for the full sample, but appropriate attentional allocation mediated these associations for boys only. Results suggest that early adversity influences child behavior problems through child temperament, particularly for boys. This work supports the perspective that temperament is influenced by characteristics of the early rearing environment, and the indirect effects of adversity on behavior problems through temperament vary across sex.

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