Biological Sensitivity to the Effects of Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms on Children's Behavior Problems

Jennifer A. Somers; Linda Luecken; Tracy Spinrad; Keith Crnic

doi:10.1111/cdev.13114

Biological Sensitivity to the Effects of Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms on Children's Behavior Problems

Jennifer A. Somers, Linda Luecken, Tracy Spinrad, Keith Crnic

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Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) may confer infant susceptibility to the postpartum environment. Among infants with higher RSA, there may be a positive relation between depressive symptoms across the first 6 months postpartum (PPD) and later behavior problems, and toddlers’ dysregulation during mother–child interactions may partially explain the effects. Among a sample of low-income Mexican-American families, infant RSA (N = 322; 46% male) was assessed at 6 weeks of age; mothers (M_age = 27.8, SD = 6.5) reported PPD symptoms every 3 weeks from 6 to 24 weeks and infant behavior problems at 36 months. Dysregulation was observed at 24 months. PPD was positively associated with behavior problems only among infants with lower RSA; however, this relation was not mediated by dysregulation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e888-e900
Journal	Child development
Volume	90
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13114
State	Published - Nov 1 2019

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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