ArticleSSM - population health2021
The relationship between childhood trauma, socioeconomic status, and maternal depression among pregnant women in a South African birth cohort study.
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- The moderating role of psychological resilience on brain aging and PTSD in a community sample of South African women.Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic deprivation and maternal mental health in developing countries: a multicenter study of postpartum depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic and maternal mental health factors associated with the parenting and development of children in an early childhood promotion program: analysis via structural equation modeling.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Trauma as a mediator of childhood adversity and mental illness in South Africa: A path analysis.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2025Article
- Childhood adversity during the post-apartheid transition and COVID-19 stress independently predict adult PTSD risk in urban South Africa: A biocultural analysis of the stress sensitization hypothesis.American journal of biological anthropology · 2023Article
- The profile of adolescent patients presenting to a tertiary maternal mental health clinic.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2023Article
- The Impact of Life Trauma on Mental Health and Suicidal Behavior: A Study from Portuguese Language Countries.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Intergenerational effects of violence on women's perinatal wellbeing and infant health outcomes: evidence from a birth cohort study in Central Vietnam.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal depression is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Experiences of childhood trauma contribute to maternal depression, potentially causing adult socio-economic disparities in mental health. We investigate whether adult socioeconomic status (SES) mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and antenatal depression.
methodsWe analyzed data from two sociodemographically distinct peri-urban sites in the Western Cape, South Africa in a birth cohort study, the Drakenstein Child Health Study: Mbekweni (N = 510) and TC Newman (N = 413). Data were collected from pregnant women between 28 and 32 weeks' gestation.
resultsAssociations between trauma and depressive symptoms differed by site (
conclusionNeighborhood-level effects and poverty are potentially important modifiers, and points of intervention, for maternal mental health outcomes.
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