Effects of maternal postpartum depression in a well-resourced sample: Early concurrent and long-term effects on infant cognitive, language, and motor development
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Effects of maternal postpartum depression in a well-resourced sample : Early concurrent and long-term effects on infant cognitive, language, and motor development. / Smith-Nielsen, Johanne; Tharner, Anne; Krogh, Marianne Thode; Væver, Mette Skovgaard.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Bind 57, Nr. 6, 2016, s. 571–583.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Effects of maternal postpartum depression in a well-resourced sample
T2 - Early concurrent and long-term effects on infant cognitive, language, and motor development
AU - Smith-Nielsen, Johanne
AU - Tharner, Anne
AU - Krogh, Marianne Thode
AU - Væver, Mette Skovgaard
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study examined early and long-term effects of maternal postpartum depression on cognitive, language, and motor development in infants of clinicallydepressed mothers. Participants were 83 mothers and their full-term born children from the urban region of Copenhagen, Denmark. Of this group, 28mothers were diagnosed with postnatal depression three to four months postpartum in a diagnostic interview. Cognitive, language, and motor development was assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development third edition, when the infants were 4 and 13 months of age. We found that maternal postpartum depression was associated with poorer cognitive development at infant age four months, the effect size being large (Cohen’s d = 0.8) and with similar effects for boys and girls. At 13 months of age infants of clinical mothers did not differ from infants of non-clinical mothers. At this time most (79%) of the clinical mothers were no longer, or not again, depressed. These results may indicate that maternal depression can have an acute, concurrent effect on infant cognitive development as early as at four months postpartum. At the same time, in the absence of other risk factors, this effect may not be enduring. The main weaknesses of the study include the relatively small sample size and that depression scores were only available for 35 of the non-clinical mothers at 13 months.
AB - This study examined early and long-term effects of maternal postpartum depression on cognitive, language, and motor development in infants of clinicallydepressed mothers. Participants were 83 mothers and their full-term born children from the urban region of Copenhagen, Denmark. Of this group, 28mothers were diagnosed with postnatal depression three to four months postpartum in a diagnostic interview. Cognitive, language, and motor development was assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development third edition, when the infants were 4 and 13 months of age. We found that maternal postpartum depression was associated with poorer cognitive development at infant age four months, the effect size being large (Cohen’s d = 0.8) and with similar effects for boys and girls. At 13 months of age infants of clinical mothers did not differ from infants of non-clinical mothers. At this time most (79%) of the clinical mothers were no longer, or not again, depressed. These results may indicate that maternal depression can have an acute, concurrent effect on infant cognitive development as early as at four months postpartum. At the same time, in the absence of other risk factors, this effect may not be enduring. The main weaknesses of the study include the relatively small sample size and that depression scores were only available for 35 of the non-clinical mothers at 13 months.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Maternal postpartum depression
KW - infant; cognitive, language, and motor development
KW - Maternal postpartum depression
KW - concurrent effects
KW - long-term effects
KW - infant
KW - cognitive
KW - language
KW - motor development
U2 - 10.1111/sjop.12321
DO - 10.1111/sjop.12321
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27611177
VL - 57
SP - 571
EP - 583
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
SN - 0036-5564
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 153337967