Maternal depression ‘does not predict child behaviour problems’
However, behavioural problems in children, including children with autism, predict maternal depression
Maternal symptoms of depression do not predict increases in children’s behaviour problems, even for children with autism spectrum disorder, according to a study published online 26 August in Family Process.
Danielle Roubinov, PhD, from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues examined parenting stress and child diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as moderators of bidirectional associations between maternal depression and child behaviour problems.
