Trial reportDevelopment and psychopathology2017
Developmental cascade effects of interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed mothers: Longitudinal associations with toddler attachment, temperament, and maternal parenting efficacy.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Maternal Childhood Trauma and Children's Developmental Course of Aggressive Behavior from Ages 4 to 12.Psychology of violence · 2025Article
- The long and winding road: Pathways from basic research to implementation and evaluation.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- Intergenerational effects of maternal depression and co-occurring antisocial behaviors: The mediating role of parenting-related processes.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Article
- Attachment, Mentalizing and Trauma: Then (1992) and Now (2022).Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Prenatal and postnatal maternal distress and offspring temperament: A longitudinal study.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Examining attachment, cortisol secretion, and cognitive neurodevelopment in preschoolers and its predictive value for telomere length at age seven.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Developmental pathways from maternal history of childhood maltreatment and maternal depression to toddler attachment and early childhood behavioral outcomes.Attachment & human development · 2021Article
- Income disparity in school readiness and the mediating role of perinatal maternal mental health: a longitudinal birth cohort study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2021Article
- Advancing mental health equality: a mapping review of interventions, economic evaluations and barriers and facilitators.Systematic reviews · 2020Review
- Re-examining the "cycle of abuse": Parenting determinants among previously maltreated, low-income mothers.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2019Article
- A prenatal programming perspective on the intergenerational transmission of maternal adverse childhood experiences to offspring health problems.The American psychologistArticle
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Abstract
Using a developmental cascades framework, the current study investigated whether treating maternal depression via interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) may lead to more widespread positive adaptation for offspring and mothers including benefits to toddler attachment and temperament, and maternal parenting self-efficacy. The participants (N = 125 mother-child dyads; mean mother age at baseline = 25.43 years; 54.4% of mothers were African American; mean offspring age at baseline = 13.23 months) were from a randomized controlled trial of IPT for a sample of racially and ethnically diverse, socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers of infants. Mothers were randomized to IPT (n = 97) or an enhanced community standard control group (n = 28). The results of complier average causal effect modeling showed that engagement with IPT led to significant decreases in maternal depressive symptoms at posttreatment. Moreover, reductions in maternal depression posttreatment were associated with less toddler disorganized attachment characteristics, more adaptive maternal perceptions of toddler temperament, and improved maternal parenting efficacy 8 months following the completion of treatment. Our findings contribute to the emerging literature documenting the potential benefits to children of successfully treating maternal depression. Alleviating maternal depression appears to initiate a cascade of positive adaptation among both mothers and offspring, which may alter the well-documented risk trajectory for offspring of depressed mothers.
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