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Finding
decline
Children of women with decreasing depressive symptoms from preconception through postpartum had significantly lower maternal ratings of effortful control at age 4 compared to children of women with low-stable symptoms, supporting the match-mismatch model of early development.
| Effect size | β = −0.24 |
| Follow-up | 3 months |
| Comparator | Low-stable maternal depressive symptom trajectory (74.3% of sample; low symptoms that did not significantly change over time) |
| Effect summary | decline; β = −0.24 |
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Source
PMC10024939
Maternal depressive symptom trajectories from preconception through postpartum: Associations with offspring developmental outcomes in early childhood