At this point, we can not exclude the possibility that the increased symptoms reported in their child by
mothers in the higher range of depressive symptoms in this sample was, in fact, because of the mothers» biased perceptions of their child.
Not exact matches
A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a
range of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases
in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders
in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly
high - risk population found that participant
mothers showed significantly lower depressive symptoms than those
in the control group and were less likely to report feeling stressed a year after participation.
For example,
in two longitudinal studies of
high - risk
mothers («
high - risk» due to low - socioeconomic status, single status, young age at first birth, and a history of abuse), the rate of intergenerational transmission
ranged from 45 % (22) to 63 %.
At ages 15 and 24 mo,
mothers were rated by NICHD SECCYD — trained observers
in 3 domains, and a composite score representing maternal sensitivity was calculated by the NICHD SECCYD with a
range of 3 — 12;
higher scores represent greater sensitivity.
They concluded that there is a considerable
range of stress reaction
in displaced children with a
higher incidence of stress associated with
mothers» poor ability to cope with the stresses of displacement.
All studies that explored parental depression showed this to be significantly elevated
in mothers with BPD, compared with a
range of control groups.13 — 16 Feldman et al17 noted
higher drug and alcohol abuse
in parents with BPD (present
in 88 %), and White et al18 noted that their sample of parents with BPD used more alcohol during pregnancy.
Parent's
highest education level
ranged from: 4 years of secondary school (
mothers: 6 %, fathers: 12 %), to 6 years of secondary school (
mothers: 6 %, fathers: 10 %), to technical / skills - based tertiary education (
mothers: 23 %, fathers: 19 %), to university education (
mothers: 63 %, fathers: 54 %; 4 missing values
in total).
A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a
range of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases
in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders
in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly
high - risk population found that participant
mothers showed significantly lower depressive symptoms than those
in the control group and were less likely to report feeling stressed a year after participation.
Results indicate that
mothers in the PALS - I only group with limited internal resources, particularly
higher levels of anger / hostility, experienced more positive change for the broadest
range of responsive behaviors compared to those who
in the information - only control group.
Our study investigated a sample of clinically aggressive children and
mothers scoring
high on depression symptoms (59 % scored
in the clinical
range and the mean score of the
mothers was within the mildly depressed
range).
Participants included 335
mother / female - caregiver and child (46 % boys, > 90 % African American; age
range 9 — 16 years [M = 12.11, SD = 1.60]-RRB- dyads living
in moderate - to -
high violence areas.
They found that alienating parents (both
mothers and fathers) had
higher T scores compared to the control group (comprised of
mothers and fathers) who were
in the normal
range.