Child care and social support modify the association between maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood behaviour problems: a US national study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Li-Ching LeeChirayath M Suchindran

Abstract

To investigate the presence and patterns of modification effects of the sex of the child, social support, and childcare on the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and child behaviour problems at two developmental stages. Analyses are based on prospective longitudinal data from the study of early child care. A total of 1216 families were drawn from 10 locations across the USA. Mothers were age 18 or older at the time of the study child's birth and had completed outcome measures for at least one follow up time point (24 months, 36 months). Child internalising and externalising behaviour problems assessed at the child's age of 24 months and 36 months, as reported by the mother. Results from generalised estimating equation analyses showed that the association between child externalising behaviour problems and maternal depressive symptoms varied according to the social support received by the mother (p<0.05). Overall, social support mitigated the relation, but protective effects diminished at increasing levels of depressive symptoms. Associations between child internalising behaviour problems and maternal depressive symptoms varied according to whether or not the child received care from caregivers other than the mother (p...Continue Reading

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