Sentences with phrase «mothers at high risk for depression»

It is likely that there are common characteristics shared by mothers at high risk for depression and their children, especially those involving negative affectivity or self regulatory abilities, which might affect the quality of peer relationships (Silberg and Rutter 2002).

Not exact matches

Mothers are at higher risk for depression during and after pregnancy — and many continue to have depressive symptoms even as children grow up.

Additionally, the brain structure abnormalities identified in this study reflect those found in children with depression or at high risk for developing the disorder, suggesting that these alterations may be why children of mothers with perinatal depression are more vulnerable to depression later in life.

We then describe our pilot studies that investigate the dissemination and use of our preventive intervention with couples who marry within religious organizations and with expectant couples where the mother is at high risk for maternal depression.

Characteristics of the depression and of the family context may allow us to identify some children who are at higher risk for adjustment difficulties than others when their mother is depressed.

Because not all children with depressed mothers show later problems, research must also examine risk and protective factors that are associated with different patterns of early child development and adjustment.4, 5 For example, are children whose mothers have a family history of depression or who were depressed before or during pregnancy at especially high risk for adjustment difficultiFor example, are children whose mothers have a family history of depression or who were depressed before or during pregnancy at especially high risk for adjustment difficultifor adjustment difficulties?