Parental depression and child outcomes: is marital conflict the missing link?

Parental depression and child outcomes: is marital conflict the missing link?
Summary: Presents findings from research which aimed to: investigate the relative influences of parental postnatal depression and marital conflict on child outcomes and to attempt to determine the pathway(s) of risk; investigate the impact of two types of antenatal stress (parental depression and marital conflict) on child outcomes; and, determine the relative contributions of antenatal and postnatal risk. Parents were asked to complete both the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and a marital conflict scale. Child outcomes were assessed at 42 months. Findings suggest that screening and intervention programmes targeted at parental depression and marital problems should be considered antenatally, as well as postnatally.
Publication details: Child: Care, Health and Development (Vol.38, Iss.4) July 2012 pp 520-527
Authors: Hanington, L.; Heron, J.; Stein, A.; Ramchandi, P.
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