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Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood cognitive development : a review of putative environmental mediators
(Springer, 2018-06-06)
Despite the abundance of research investigating the associations between maternal depressive symptoms (MDS) and children’s cognitive development, little is known about the putative mechanisms through which depressive ...
Revisiting trajectories of BMI in youth : an in‐depth analysis of differences between BMI and other adiposity measures
(Wiley, 2021-06-16)
Objective
Body mass index (BMI) is used to identify trajectories of adiposity in youth, but it does not distinguish fat- from fat-free-mass. There are other inexpensive measures of adiposity which might better capture ...
Maternal depressive symptoms and children's academic performance : sex differences in the mediating role of school experiences
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-12-04)
Background. Maternal depressive symptoms (MDSs) are negatively associated with children’s
academic performance, with stronger effects sometimes reported in boys. However, few studies have tested the mechanisms of this ...
Discrete time measures versus trajectories of drinking frequency across adolescence as predictors of binge drinking in young adulthood : a longitudinal investigation
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-09-23)
Objectives We compared discrete time measures with
trajectories of adolescent drinking frequency as predictors
of sustained binge drinking in young adulthood.
Design Prospective longitudinal study.
Setting 10 high ...
Maternal depression symptoms and internalising problems in the offspring : the role of maternal and family factors
(Springer, 2017-12-22)
Maternal depression symptoms (MDS) are a robust risk factor for internalising problems (IP) in the offspring. However, the relative importance of MDS and other factors associated with it (i.e. other types of maternal ...
The mediating role of adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal in the association between maternal depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescence : a 20-year population-based study
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-01-25)
We examined whether adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal mediated the association between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent suicidality. Secondary analyses on the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child ...
Why is maternal depression related to adolescent internalizing problems? : a 15-year population-based study
(Elsevier, 2018-09-20)
Objective: Exposure to maternal depression during early childhood is a well-documented risk
factor for offspring's internalizing problems, but the long-term risk and the psychosocial
mechanisms underlying the association ...