Does Maternal Mental Health and Maternal Stress Affect Preschoolers' Behavioral Symptoms?

dc.contributor.authorPia Santelices, Maria
dc.contributor.authorIrarrazaval, Matias
dc.contributor.authorJervis, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorBrotfeld, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorCisterna, Carla
dc.contributor.authorMaria Gallardo, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T22:07:56Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T22:07:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstract(1) Background: Maternal stress and depression are considered risk factors in children's socioemotional development, also showing high prevalence worldwide. (2) Method: Participants correspond to a longitudinal sample of 6335 mother/child pairs (18-72 months), who were surveyed in 2010 and then in 2012. The hypothesis was tested with SEM analysis, setting the child's internalized/externalized problems as dependent variable, maternal depression as independent variable, and stress as a partial mediator. (3) Results: Both depression during pregnancy and recent depression has not only a direct effect on the internalizing and externalizing symptomatology of the child, but also an indirect effect through parental stress. Significant direct and indirect relationships were found. (4) Conclusions: Maternal depression and the presence of parental stress can influence children's behavioral problems, both internalizing and externalizing.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/children8090816
dc.identifier.eissn2227-9067
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/children8090816
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94267
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000699174700001
dc.issue.numero9
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaChildren-basel
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectmaternal depression
dc.subjectparental stress
dc.subjectbehavioral problems
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleDoes Maternal Mental Health and Maternal Stress Affect Preschoolers' Behavioral Symptoms?
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen8
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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