Bailey Natasha A, Irwin Jessica L, Davis Elysia Poggi, Sandman Curt A, Glynn Laura M
Department of Psychology, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA, 92866, USA.
Psychology Department, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Apr;54(2):470-480. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01259-7. Epub 2021 Oct 9.
Capitalizing on a longitudinal cohort followed from gestation through adolescence (201 mother-child dyads), we investigate the contributions of severity and stability of both maternal depressive and perceived stress symptoms to adolescent psychopathology. Maternal depressive and perceived stress trajectories from pregnancy through adolescence were identified with latent class growth analyses, and associations with adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms were examined. For both depression and stress, the most common trajectory group comprised mothers displaying stable and low symptom levels over time, and adolescents of these mothers had the fewest internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Maternal membership to one or more aberrant trajectory groups predicted higher levels of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, determined by both maternal and adolescent self-report. This study indicates that profiles of multiple indicators of maternal psychopathology assessed across childhood, beginning prenatally, can provide critical additional insight into child psychopathology risk.
利用一个从孕期到青春期进行跟踪研究的纵向队列(201对母婴),我们调查了母亲抑郁症状和感知压力症状的严重程度及稳定性对青少年精神病理学的影响。通过潜在类别增长分析确定了从怀孕到青春期的母亲抑郁和感知压力轨迹,并检验了其与青少年内化和外化症状的关联。对于抑郁和压力,最常见的轨迹组包括随着时间推移症状水平稳定且较低的母亲,这些母亲的青少年内化和外化症状最少。母亲属于一个或多个异常轨迹组预示着内化和外化症状水平较高,这是由母亲和青少年的自我报告共同确定的。这项研究表明,从产前开始在整个儿童期评估的母亲精神病理学多个指标的概况,可以为儿童精神病理学风险提供关键的额外见解。