Sentences with phrase «subsequent child depressive»

The purpose of this study was to explore the relations between child responses to interparental depressive behavior and subsequent child depressive symptomatology.

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First, fathers» interactive play during toddlerhood has been longitudinally associated with attachment security in later childhood and adolescence.17 Second, fathers» speech and language interactions with infants have been positively associated with language development, and paternal depression has been shown to adversely impact this process.18, — , 20 Third, discipline practices, such as corporal punishment, have been longitudinally associated with increased child aggressive behavior.21 In addition, paternal depressive symptoms have been longitudinally associated with harsh paternal discipline practices in older children and subsequent child and adolescent maladjustment.11 Finally, as an indicator of fathers» interactions with pediatric providers, we also examined the proportion of depressed fathers that reported talking with their children's doctor within the previous year.

Given that children are not yet through the period of risk for the development of major depression and that so few children in the comparison group met diagnostic criteria for any depressive disorder, the dimensional severity measure derived from the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire was used in subsequent analyses examining predictors of depression in the children.

One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in depression symptoms among program mothers during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms remained stable for the program group during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.

Although there were no differences in child intelligence across groups at baseline, children in the DC group showed a decline, particularly if their mothers had a subsequent depressive episode.

In particular children who are isolated from such friendship groups are expected to be denied of the possibility to attain positive group experiences including a sense of belongingness and support from other clique members, resulting in cognitive - emotional responses such as feelings of loneliness and low perceived social acceptance, and subsequent depressive symptoms.

Moreover, a focus on the development of feelings of loneliness in children who are isolated from cliques may be a central component in preventing subsequent depressive symptoms in these children.