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| A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services. |
| Conron KJ, Beardslee W, Koenen KC, Buka SL, Gortmaker SL. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009; 163(10): 922-30. |
| Affiliation: Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. kconron@post.harvard.edu |
| DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.176 What is this? |
| PMID: 19805711 |
| (Copyright © 2009, American Medical Association) |
| OBJECTIVE: To assess whether a change in depression predicts a mother's change in maltreatment. DESIGN: Observational, repeated measures study. SETTING: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being, 1999 to 2004. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers who retained custody of a child aged 0 to 15 years following a maltreatment investigation and completed at least 2 of 3 surveys (n = 2386). MAIN EXPOSURE: Change in depression status between baseline and 18- and 36-month follow-ups, assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Change in psychological aggression, physical assault, and neglect between baseline and 18- and 36-month follow-ups, assessed with the Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version. RESULTS: One-third (35.5%) of mothers experienced onset or remission of depression. Onset of depression was associated with an increase of 2.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.2-4.4) psychologically aggressive acts in an average 12-month period, but was not statistically significantly associated with change in physical assault or neglect. CONCLUSION: Depression is positively associated with maternal perpetration of psychological aggression in high-risk families.
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