The Home Environments of Infants of Mothers with Early, Remitted Clinical Depression and No Depression during the First Two Years Postpartum

dc.contributor.authorHenry, Lauren M.
dc.contributor.authorManian, Nanmathi
dc.contributor.authorEsposito, Gianluca
dc.contributor.authorBornstein, Marc H.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-08T22:52:18Z
dc.date.available2023-09-08T22:52:18Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-29
dc.description.abstractThe current study examines stability, continuity, and group and gender differences in the home environments of infants of mothers with early, remitted clinical depression and no postpartum depression, overcoming methodological variations in the extant literature. Fifty-five mothers diagnosed with clinical depression (major or minor depression, dysthymia, or depressive disorder not otherwise specified) at 5 months and fully remitted by 15 and 24 months, and 132 mothers with no postpartum depression (Mₐ₉ₑ = 32.47; 69.7% European American) completed the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory Infant/Toddler version when their infants were 15 and 24 months old. No differences in stability estimates of the HOME scales were found between the groups. In terms of continuity, controlling for maternal education and infant birth order, HOME responsivity, involvement, and total score decreased, while HOME acceptance increased between 15 and 24 months in the full sample. There were no effects of group or gender. Results may point to the home environment as a key protective factor for infants of mothers with early, remitted clinical depression, or findings may suggest improved maternal parenting cognitions and practices following remission.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH/NICHD, USA, Z99 HD999999, from the National Institute of Mental Health, USA, grant T32-MH18921; and by an International Research Fellowship at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK, funded by the European Research Council under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 695300-HKADeC-ERC-2015-AdG).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/9/1471en_US
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2rn4g-pebv
dc.identifier.citationHenry, Lauren M., Nanmathi Manian, Gianluca Esposito, and Marc H. Bornstein. 2023. "The Home Environments of Infants of Mothers with Early, Remitted Clinical Depression and No Depression during the First Two Years Postpartum" Children 10, no. 9: 1471. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091471en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/children10091471
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/29635
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleThe Home Environments of Infants of Mothers with Early, Remitted Clinical Depression and No Depression during the First Two Years Postpartumen_US
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-2925en_US

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