Maternal depression and early childhood development among children aged 24–59 months: the mediating effect of responsive caregiving

作者：Siyu Zou, Xinye Zou, Ruolin Zhang, Kefan Xue, Angela Y. Xiao, Mo Zhou, Ziyuan Fu, Hong Zhou · 发表于：Annals of General Psychiatry · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1186/s12991-024-00515-z · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum、Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Family and Disability Support Research

This study examined whether maternal depression is related to Early Childhood Developmental (ECD) delay among children by quantifying the mediating contribution of responsive caregiving. We used data from 1235 children (Children's mean age = 50.4 months; 582 girls, 653 boys, 93.9% were Han), selected through convenience sampling, in 2021. 4.7% of children had ECD delay, 34.3% of mothers had depression. Children with depressed mothers were less likely to receive responsive caregiving (OR 4.35, 95% CI 2.60-7.27), and those who did not receive responsive caregiving were more likely to experience ECD delay (OR 3.89, 95% CI 1.89-8.02). Responsive caregiving partly mediated the relationship between maternal depression and ECD. Early intervention for children with depressed mothers is worthy of further investigation.