Brennan P A, Hammen C, Andersen M J, Bor W, Najman J M, Williams G M
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2000 Nov;36(6):759-66. doi: 10.1037//0012-1649.36.6.759.
The relationships between severity, chronicity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms and child outcomes were examined in a cohort of 4,953 children. Mothers provided self-reports of depressive symptoms during pregnancy, immediately postpartum, and when the child was 6 months old and 5 years old. At the age 5 follow-up, mothers reported on children's behavior and children completed a receptive vocabulary test. Results suggest that both the severity and the chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms are related to more behavior problems and lower vocabulary scores in children. The interaction of severity and chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms was significantly related to higher levels of child behavior problems. Timing of maternal symptoms was not significantly related to child vocabulary scores, but more recent reports of maternal depressive symptoms were associated with higher rates of child behavior problems.
在一个由4953名儿童组成的队列中，研究了母亲抑郁症状的严重程度、慢性程度和发作时间与儿童结局之间的关系。母亲们提供了她们在孕期、产后即刻、孩子6个月大以及5岁时的抑郁症状自我报告。在5岁随访时，母亲们报告了孩子的行为情况，孩子们完成了一项接受性词汇测试。结果表明，母亲抑郁症状的严重程度和慢性程度均与儿童更多的行为问题以及更低的词汇得分有关。母亲抑郁症状严重程度和慢性程度的相互作用与儿童行为问题的较高水平显著相关。母亲症状的发作时间与儿童词汇得分无显著关联，但母亲抑郁症状的近期报告与儿童行为问题的较高发生率相关。
