Maternal depressive symptom trajectories from preconception through postpartum: Associations with offspring developmental outcomes in early childhood

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 lo

Effect: decline; β = −0.24

Children of women with increasing depressive symptoms from preconception through postpartum scored significantly lower on an inhibitory control task at age 5 compared to children of women with low-sta

Effect: decline; β = −0.35

Persistently high maternal depressive symptoms from preconception through postpartum were not significantly associated with any offspring developmental outcome at ages 4-5, supporting the match-mismat

Effect: null

No maternal depressive symptom trajectory was significantly associated with maternal ratings of child negative affect at age 4.

Effect: null

No maternal depressive symptom trajectory was significantly associated with child performance on a cognitive flexibility task at age 5.

Effect: null