Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum

Hay, Dale F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2505-0453, Angold, A., Harold, Gordon Thomas and Pawlby, S. 2003. Pathways to violence in the children of mothers who were depressed postpartum. Developmental Psychology 39 (6) , pp. 1083-1094. 10.1037/0012-1649.39.6.1083

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Abstract

The impact of postnatal depression on a child's risk for violent behavior was evaluated in an urban British community sample (N=122 families). Mothers were interviewed during pregnancy, at 3 months postpartum, and when the child was 1, 4, and 11 years of age. Mothers, teachers, and children reported on violent symptoms at age 11. Structural equation modeling revealed that the child's violence was predicted by the mother's postnatal depression even when her depression during pregnancy, her later history of depression, and family characteristics were taken into account. Violence was associated with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and problems with anger management. Children were most violent if mothers had been depressed at 3 months and at least once thereafter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0012-1649
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 09:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3318

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