Revisiting the Effect of Marital
Support on Depressive Symptoms in Mothers and Fathers: A Genetically Informed Study.Journal of Family Psychology 25 (3).
Direct and buffering effects of social
support on depressive symptoms of the elderly with home help
Not exact matches
Within the subgroup of studies which specifically focused
on social
support, they found that 14 studies showed no association between marital or partner status and
depressive symptoms or diagnosis whilst 13 studies showed that women who were married or cohabiting with the baby's father had fewer
depressive symptoms or a lower risk of postpartum depression compared to women separated from their partner or not in a relationship during the first postpartum year.
«This study
supports the use of a yoga and coherent breathing intervention in major
depressive disorder in people who are not
on antidepressants and in those who have been
on a stable dose of antidepressants and have not achieved a resolution of their
symptoms,» explained corresponding author Chris Streeter, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and a psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center.
Although supplement makers claim
on their labels that GABA provides «Positive Mood
Support» and «
Supports a Calm Mood,» there is no evidence that GABA supplements have an effect
on depressive symptoms; no studies have been conducted in humans to date.
It's wildly popular
on the internet, but the scientific evidence
supports it too; this double - blind placebo controlled trial concluded that «NAC appears a safe and effective augmentation strategy for
depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder».
Studies conducted
on different populations have generally demonstrated that parenting
support programmes encourage positive parenting practices, strengthen parent — child relationships and promote the mental health of parents.11 — 17 Previous studies have linked parenting
support programmes with an improvement of parents» sense of competence, 18 19 which, in turn, has an impact
on parents» mental health.20 According to Bandura's theory
on self - efficacy, stronger self - efficacy in child rearing leads to better satisfaction in parenting and decreased stress and depression.21 Some studies have found a positive relationship between parents» sense of competence and parenting behaviour22 and that increased maternal self - efficacy is associated with decreased
depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers.23 To date, it is unclear whether parenting
support programmes are effective in improving the mental health of parents directly or via increased self - efficacy and satisfaction in the parenting role.
We applied generalised linear mixed models via PROC GLIMMIX to estimate the effects of different transitional patterns of exercise
on depressive symptoms with HLDS as the event, after adjusting for the previous CESD score, age, gender, level of education, marital status, smoking, physical function, emotional
support, social participation, self - rated health, economic satisfaction, employment and 10 chronic conditions.
While there is strong evidence
supporting effectiveness of collaborative care for adult depression, Richardson et al's study adds to results of two other studies in
supporting the value of collaborative care models for adolescent depression: (1) using a similar model, Asarnow et al1 found significant advantages for collaborative depression care versus usual care (UC); (2) using a stronger medication treatment as usual condition, collaborative care with psychotherapy plus medication yielded a marginal advantage
on depressive symptoms and significant advantage
on mental health - related quality of...
Validation for preschool MDD (based
on meeting all DSM - IV
symptom criteria) has been
supported by the finding of a specific
symptom constellation that was distinct from other psychiatric disorders and stable during a 6 - month period.22 Additionally, alterations in the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal axis reactivity similar to those known in adults with depression, greater family history of mood disorders, as well as observational evidence of
depressive affects and behaviors were detected in preschoolers with depression, providing further validation.22,25,27 - 30 More recent findings from a larger independent sample (N = 306) ascertained from community sites (and serving as the population for this investigation) have replicated the findings described above and have also demonstrated that preschoolers with depression display significant functional impairment evident in multiple contexts rated by both parents and teachers.24
Marital therapy has been suggested as a treatment for couples with a depressed spouse
on the basis of the strong association between
depressive symptoms and marital distress; the role played by marital negative factors
on onset and maintenance of
depressive disorders; and the possible buffering effect of interpersonal
support and enhanced intimacy
on depressive symptoms.
They measured stress as well as
depressive symptoms and emotional
support — two things that can either confound or mediate social stress — to see if there was an effect
on mortality rates.
Again, the data did not
support an interactive influence of resource change and
depressive symptoms on the satisfaction measures.
The findings reported here add to the literature
on social skills and depression by integrating principles from attachment theory and the social skills deficit theory of depression to show that a key predictor of low social skills and subsequently
depressive symptoms is the amount of emotional
support one perceives from their mother.
Support received from a mother may buffer the effects of a mother's problems on her offspring, but support given to a troubled mother may further exacerbate depressive symptoms in off
Support received from a mother may buffer the effects of a mother's problems
on her offspring, but
support given to a troubled mother may further exacerbate depressive symptoms in off
support given to a troubled mother may further exacerbate
depressive symptoms in offspring.
Findings from recent studies indeed provide
support for a mediating model by which children's poor peer experiences have an indirect effect
on depressive symptoms via feelings of loneliness.
Using data from a 1985 - 1986 community sample of adults in southwestern Ontario, we examine the impact of empathy
on depressive symptoms and the potential moderating effects of mastery, self - esteem, social
support, and education.
The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the impact of maternal and paternal
depressive symptoms on the child might be mediated by coparenting
support and conflict.
Assessed the quantity (i.e. number of
supports) and valence (i.e. positive and negative
supports) of
supports on participant reports of
depressive symptoms and positive / negative affect across a period of 18 months.
Second, maternal
depressive symptoms maybe associated with other familial factors that can have an impact
on children's social behaviors, such as the quality of parents» marital relationship, existence of other stressors in the family, and the degree of social
support from other family members (Cummings et al. 2005; Davies and Cummings 1994; Hammen 2002).
Last but not least, our study
supports the dimensional view of maternal
depressive symptoms, that is,
symptoms of maternal depression lie
on a continuum.
She may use her partner as a
support if she experiences a few
depressive symptoms and rests
on her partner's shoulders.
On the other hand, the mediating role of problematic family - level relationships, such as low coparenting
support and high conflict between the parents, has rarely been considered, although coparenting difficulties have been linked with both increased
depressive symptoms in parents and increased
symptoms in toddlers.
Little
support emerged for interactive effects
on depressive symptoms.