THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT

母亲抑郁对儿童发育的影响

基本信息

批准号：
3378842
负责人：
SHERRYL H. GOODMAN
金额：
$ 20.05万
依托单位：
EMORY UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1986
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1986-09-01 至 1989-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3378842
关键词：
child mental disorders child rearing depression human subject intelligence tests interpersonal relations locus of control marriage /marital status maternal behavior mental disorder diagnosis middle childhood (6-11) mother child interaction self concept social adjustment social support network

项目摘要

The children of depressed mothers are a neglected and understudied population. Little is known about the consequences of rearing by a depressed mother on the development of competencies in her offspring. The goals of the proposed research are to study: 1) the social and emotional development, intellectual functioning, and diagnostic status of children of depressed mothers; 2) specific dimensions of parenting associated with depression in the mothers; 3) the degree to which family stresses, support resources, and quality of the parent's marriage may increase or decrease the effect of depressed mothers on their children; and 4) whether more years of exposure to the depressed mother result in more negative effects to the child. Thirty children will be studied in each of three groups based on mother's diagnosis: major depression, acute; major depression, characterological; well. Children will range in age from 4 through 10 years old. All subjects will be white and predominantly middle SES. Mothers' diagnoses will be confirmed with a structured clinical interview resulting in both RDC and DSMIII diagnoses. Children's social and emotional functioning will be assessed with three multidimensional indices of social competence: self-concept, self-control, and peer relations. Children will also be administered an individual intelligence test and a structured diagnostic interview. Also assessed will be dimensions of parenting, stressful life events and support resources of the family, and quality of the marriage. Hypotheses will be tested with a series of MANOVA's and MANCOVA's of mother's diagnostic status on child competence. A major purpose of the proposed research is to increase the knowledge base on how children cope with a depressed mother. A major premise underlying the design of the study is that the progress a child is making in accomplishing the tasks of social and emotional development is likely to be a better index of the impact of a depressed mother than attempts to diagnose depression in the child. Further, deficits in these aspects of development may be correlates of childhood or incipient depression and, as such, would contribute to knowledge about the developmental course of psychopathology. The study should also provide some of the information needed in order to design preventive interventions for children of depressed mothers.

抑郁母亲的孩子是被忽视和未被充分研究的群体人口。人们对养育孩子的后果知之甚少母亲对子女能力的发展感到沮丧。拟议研究的目标是研究：1）社会和情绪发展、智力功能和诊断状态抑郁母亲的孩子； 2）养育的具体维度与母亲的抑郁症有关； 3）家庭的程度压力、支持资源和父母婚姻的质量可能会增加或减少抑郁母亲对孩子的影响；和 4）与抑郁母亲接触的时间越长是否会导致更多对孩子产生负面影响。根据母亲的情况，每组 30 名儿童将被研究诊断：重度抑郁症，急性；重度抑郁症，性格特征；出色地。儿童的年龄范围为 4 岁至 10 岁。全部受试者将是白人，并且主要是中等社会经济地位。妈妈们的诊断将通过结构化临床访谈进行确认，从而导致 RDC 和 DSMIII 诊断。儿童的社交和情感功能将通过三个多维度的社会能力指数进行评估：自我概念、自我控制和同伴关系。孩子们也会进行个人智力测试和结构化诊断面试。还评估了养育子女、生活压力等方面家庭的事件和支持资源，以及婚姻的质量。假设将通过一系列多元方差分析 (MANOVA) 和多元方差分析 (MANCOVA) 进行检验母亲对孩子能力的诊断状态。拟议研究的一个主要目的是增加知识库关于孩子如何应对抑郁的母亲。一个大前提这项研究的设计是为了了解孩子在以下方面取得的进步完成社交和情感发展的任务可能是比尝试更好地衡量抑郁母亲的影响的指数诊断孩子的抑郁症。此外，这些方面的不足发育可能与童年或初期抑郁症相关，并且，这样，将有助于了解有关发展过程的知识精神病理学。该研究还应该提供一些信息需要为儿童设计预防性干预措施郁闷的妈妈们。