Morrissey Taryn W
Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs, American University, Ward Circle Building, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20016, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2016 Apr;20(4):799-807. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1910-z.
This study examined associations between mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms and their parenting practices relating to gun, fire, and motor vehicle safety.
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a nationally representative sample of children birth to age five, linear probability models were used to examine associations between measures of parents' depressive symptoms and their use of firearms, smoke detectors, and motor vehicle restraints. Parents reported use of smoke detectors, motor vehicle restraints, and firearm ownership and storage.
Results suggest mothers with moderate or severe depressive symptoms were 2 % points less likely to report that their child always sat in the back seat of the car, and 3 % points less likely to have at least one working smoke detector in the home. Fathers' depressive symptoms were associated with a lower likelihood of both owning a gun and of it being stored locked. Fathers' depressive symptoms amplified associations between mothers' depressive symptoms and owning a gun, such that having both parents exhibit depressive symptoms was associated with an increased likelihood of gun ownership of between 2 and 6 % points.
Interventions that identify and treat parental depression early may be effective in promoting appropriate safety behaviors among families with young children.
本研究探讨了母亲和父亲的抑郁症状与他们在枪支、火灾和机动车安全方面的育儿方式之间的关联。
利用来自儿童早期纵向研究——出生队列（ECLS-B）的数据，该数据是一个全国代表性的从出生到五岁儿童的样本，使用线性概率模型来检验父母抑郁症状的测量指标与他们使用枪支、烟雾探测器和机动车安全带之间的关联。父母报告了烟雾探测器的使用、机动车安全带的使用以及枪支的拥有和存放情况。
结果表明，有中度或重度抑郁症状的母亲报告孩子总是坐在汽车后座的可能性降低2个百分点，家中至少有一个正常工作的烟雾探测器的可能性降低3个百分点。父亲的抑郁症状与拥有枪支以及枪支上锁存放的可能性较低有关。父亲的抑郁症状放大了母亲抑郁症状与拥有枪支之间的关联，因此父母双方都表现出抑郁症状与枪支拥有可能性增加2至6个百分点有关。
早期识别和治疗父母抑郁的干预措施可能有效地促进有幼儿家庭的适当安全行为。
