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Title: Maternal Depressive Symptoms and the Trajectories of Child Problem Behaviors in a National U.S. Sample
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1. Chang, Jen Jen
Maternal Depressive Symptoms and the Trajectories of Child Problem Behaviors in a National U.S. Sample
Presented: Miami, FL: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCHB/EPI) 11th Annual Conference. December 7-9, 2005
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Child Health; Children, Behavioral Development; Depression (see also CESD); Ethnic Differences; Fathers, Involvement; Growth Curves; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Racial Differences; Substance Use

This study was conducted to explore the effects of early exposure to maternal depressive symptoms on a trajectory of child internalizing and externalizing behaviors over time. In the past, it is evident that not all children of depressed mother fair worse than other children. Actually, many of children of depressed mother exhibit competent adaptation to other circumstances, so it is also important for us to explore what makes these children resilient to the adverse environment, and fathers' role in family study has been neglected. And this study examined father's positive involvement and a fact modified in this association of interests.
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Chang, Jen Jen. "Maternal Depressive Symptoms and the Trajectories of Child Problem Behaviors in a National U.S. Sample." Presented: Miami, FL: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCHB/EPI) 11th Annual Conference. December 7-9, 2005.