Santelices María Pía, Irarrázaval Matías, Jervis Pamela, Brotfeld Cristian, Cisterna Carla, Gallardo Ana María
School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile.
School of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8330015, Chile.
Children (Basel). 2021 Sep 16;8(9):816. doi: 10.3390/children8090816.
(1) Background: Maternal stress and depression are considered risk factors in children's socioemotional development, also showing high prevalence worldwide. (2) Method: Participants correspond to a longitudinal sample of 6335 mother/child pairs (18-72 months), who were surveyed in 2010 and then in 2012. The hypothesis was tested with SEM analysis, setting the child's internalized/externalized problems as dependent variable, maternal depression as independent variable, and stress as a partial mediator. (3) Results: Both depression during pregnancy and recent depression has not only a direct effect on the internalizing and externalizing symptomatology of the child, but also an indirect effect through parental stress. Significant direct and indirect relationships were found. (4) Conclusions: Maternal depression and the presence of parental stress can influence children's behavioral problems, both internalizing and externalizing.
(1) 背景：母亲的压力和抑郁被视为儿童社会情感发展的风险因素，在全球范围内也呈现出高患病率。(2) 方法：参与者为6335对母婴（18至72个月）的纵向样本，于2010年进行调查，随后在2012年再次调查。该假设通过结构方程模型（SEM）分析进行检验，将儿童的内化/外化问题设定为因变量，母亲抑郁设定为自变量，压力作为部分中介变量。(3) 结果：孕期抑郁和近期抑郁不仅对儿童的内化和外化症状有直接影响，还通过父母压力产生间接影响。发现了显著的直接和间接关系。(4) 结论：母亲抑郁和父母压力的存在会影响儿童的行为问题，包括内化和外化问题。
