Mother and father depression symptoms and child emotional difficulties: a network model

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dc.authoridBarker, Edward/0000-0002-9914-8958
dc.authoridMaughan, Barbara/0000-0002-8887-3484
dc.authoridMartin, Alex/0000-0003-1097-1137
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Alex F.
dc.contributor.authorMaughan, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorKonac, Deniz
dc.contributor.authorBarker, Edward D.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:36:14Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:36:14Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractBackgroundMother and father depression symptoms often co-occur, and together can have a substantial impact on child emotional well-being. Little is understood about symptom-level mechanisms underlying the co-occurrence of depression symptoms within families. AimsThe objective was to use network analysis to examine depression symptoms in mothers and fathers after having a baby, and emotional symptoms in children in early adolescence. MethodWe examined data from 4492 mother-father-child trios taken from a prospective, population-based cohort in the UK. Symptoms were examined using two unregularised partial correlation network models. The initial model was used to examine the pattern of associations, i.e. the overall network structure, for mother and father depression symptoms, and then to identify bridge symptoms that reinforce depression symptoms between parents during offspring infancy. The second model examined associations between the parent symptom network, including bridge symptoms, with later child emotional difficulties. ResultsThe study included 4492 mother-father-child trios; 2204 (49.1%) children were female. Bridge symptoms reinforcing mother and father depression symptoms were feeling guilty and self-harm ideation. For mothers, the bridge symptom of feeling guilty, and symptoms of anhedonia, panic and sadness were highly connected with child emotional difficulties. For fathers, the symptom of feeling overwhelmed associated with child emotional difficulties. Guilt and anhedonia in fathers appeared to indirectly associate with child emotional difficulties through the same symptom in mothers. ConclusionsOur findings suggest that specific symptom cascades are central for co-occurring depression in parents and increased vulnerability in children, providing potential therapeutic targets.
dc.description.sponsorshipESRC [ES/R005516/1] Funding Source: UKRI; MRC [MC_PC_19009] Funding Source: UKRI
dc.identifier.doi10.1192/bjp.2023.8
dc.identifier.endpage211
dc.identifier.issn0007-1250
dc.identifier.issn1472-1465
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.pmid36942415
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85151868625
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage204
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/1813
dc.identifier.volume222
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000950947400001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge Univ Press
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal of Psychiatry
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectALSPAC
dc.subjectco-occurrence
dc.subjectwithin-family transmission
dc.subjectpsychopathology
dc.subjecttreatment targets
dc.titleMother and father depression symptoms and child emotional difficulties: a network model
dc.typeArticle

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