Maternal depression found to disrupt key parenting behaviors

FIRST PERSON | I was a new mother in a new country. When dark thoughts came, I was afraid to voice them

There was a stigma around discussing mental health in Joana Valamootoo's home country of Mauritius. When she came to Canada and suffered postpartum depression as a new mother, she became convinced her child would be taken away from her.

Maternal depression and children’s behavioral self-regulation: the role of parenting and children’s screen time

Family processes such as maternal parenting and family screen exposure are significantly related to children’s gains in behavioral self-regulation, but the potential mechanism of these relations remains unknown. In this study, we investigated how maternal depression is associated with children’s behavioral self-regulation through the mediating role of maternal supportive parenting and children’s family screen time. A total sample of 657 Chinese …

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Maternal depression found to disrupt key parenting behaviors

Mothers experiencing depression have considerable challenges across multiple parenting domains, according to a global systematic review published in the July issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry, part of the Lippincott portfolio from Wolters Kluwer.

Parent Internalizing Symptoms Associated with Parenting Behaviors and Children’s Symptoms in a National Sample of Parents of School-Age Children (5–12 years)

The effects of parenting behaviors on children’s internalizing symptoms are influenced by numerous factors. Across prior studies, there is evidence t

Emotional Health of Parents Tied to Well-Being of Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency

Strong emotional links between children with chronic conditions and their family caregivers suggest that improving parent well-being may directly benefit a child’s overall health and coping mechanisms, according to a study being presented Saturday at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco, Calif.