ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2014
Child allergic symptoms and mental well-being: the role of maternal anxiety and depression.
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- Association of parental prenatal mental health with offspring neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal mental health disorders associate with their child's asthma: A register-based study.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- The impact of maternal work-family conflict on problem behaviors among preschoolers during the COVID-19 epidemic: a moderated mediation model of maternal anxiety and trait mindfulness.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Patterns of Associations Between Maternal Symptoms and Child Problem Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Mentalization, Negative Intentionality, and Unsupportive Emotion Socialization.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- Assessment of Sleep Disturbances and Exhaustion in Mothers of Children With Atopic Dermatitis.JAMA dermatology · 2019Article
- Bidirectional relationships between psychological health and dermatological conditions in children.Psychology research and behavior management · 2018Review
- Degree of anxiety in food allergic children in a tertiary care center.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2016Article
- A Review of the Effects of Anxiety During Pregnancy on Children's Health.Materia socio-medica · 2015Article
- Factors affecting parent-child relationships one year after positive newborn screening for cystic fibrosis or congenital hypothyroidism.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2015Article
- Child Allergic Symptoms and Well-Being at School: Findings from ALSPAC, a UK Cohort Study.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether maternal mental health mediates the relationship between eczema or asthma symptoms and mental well-being in children. STUDY
designAnalysis of 7250 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Child mental well-being at 8 years was measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Binary outcomes were high 'internalizing' (anxious/depressive) and 'externalizing' (oppositional/hyperactive) problems (high was >90th percentile). Child rash and wheeze categories were 'none'; 'early onset transient' (infancy/preschool only); 'persistent' (infancy/preschool and at school age); and 'late onset' (school age only). Maternal anxiety and depression were reported during pregnancy and when child was 8 years old.
resultsPersistent wheezing symptoms were associated with high externalizing (OR 1.74, 95% CI, 1.41-2.15) and internalizing (1.67, 1.35-2.06) problems compared with never wheeze. Maternal anxiety and depression, and disrupted child sleep, attenuated these associations. Persistent rash (externalizing: 1.74, 1.40-2.15; internalizing: 1.42, 1.16-1.74) and late onset rash (externalizing: 1.62, 1.17-2.25; internalizing: 1.46, 1.07-1.99) symptoms were associated with poorer mental well-being compared with no rash at any age. Maternal anxiety and depression, particularly when child was aged 8 years rather than during pregnancy, accounted for the association with internalizing symptoms and partly for externalizing symptoms. Sleep disruption did not mediate the association.
conclusionsMaternal anxiety and depression may mediate the association between child rash and wheeze and child mental well-being.
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