Remission of maternal depression: relations to family functioning and youth internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
Family functioning and parenting were hypothesized to mediate the relation between remission of maternal depression and children's psychosocial adjustment. Participants were 114 mother-child dyads participating in the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression Child 3-month follow-up. All mothers had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and were treated initially with citalopram; 33% of mothers experienced remission of depressive symptoms. Youth ranged in age from 7 to 17. Remission of maternal depression was associated with changes in children's reports of their mothers' warmth/acceptance, which in turn partially mediated the relation between maternal depression remission and youth internalizing symptoms, accounting for 22.9% of the variance.
Foster
Cynthia Ewell
CE
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Webster
Melissa C
MC
Weissman
Myrna M
MM
Pilowsky
Daniel J
DJ
Wickramaratne
Priya J
PJ
Talati
Ardesheer
A
Rush
A John
AJ
Hughes
Carroll W
CW
Garber
Judy
J
Malloy
Erin
E
Cerda
Gabrielle
G
Kornstein
Susan G
SG
Alpert
Jonathan E
JE
Wisniewski
Stephen R
SR
Trivedi
Madhukar H
MH
Fava
Maurizio
M
King
Cheryl A
CA
D000293:Adolescent; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015283:Citalopram / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment
D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; D015283:Citalopram