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Maternal depressive symptoms, parenting self-efficacy, and child growth

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  • Surkan, P.J.
  • Kawachi, I.
  • Ryan, L.M.
  • Berkman, L.F.
  • Vieira, L.M.C.
  • Peterson, K.E.

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Objectives. We assessed whether maternal depressive symptoms and parenting self-efficacy were associated with child growth delay. Methods. We collected data from a random sample of 595 low-income mothers and their children aged 6 to 24 months in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, including information on sociodemographic characteristics, mothers' depressive symptoms and parenting self-efficacy, and children's anthropometric characteristics. We used adjusted logistic regression models in our analyses. Results. Depressive symptoms among mothers were associated with 1.8 times higher odds (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.1, 2.9) of short stature among children. Parenting self-efficacy was not associated with short stature, nor did it mediate or modify the relationship between depressive symptoms and short stature. Maternal depressive symptoms and self-efficacy were not related to child underweight. Conclusions. Our results showed that among low-income Brazilian families maternal depressive symptoms, but not self-efficacy, were associated with short stature in children aged 6 to 24 months after adjustment for known predictors of growth.

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  • Surkan, P.J. & Kawachi, I. & Ryan, L.M. & Berkman, L.F. & Vieira, L.M.C. & Peterson, K.E., 2008. "Maternal depressive symptoms, parenting self-efficacy, and child growth," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 98(1), pages 125-132.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2006.108332_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.108332
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