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Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the study was to assess relations of maternal depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS), food insecurity, social support, maternal nutrition status (BMI), maternal education, family economic resources, and perceived social …

The current study examined developmental pathways from maternal history of childhood maltreatment to maternal depression, mother-child attachment, and behavioral outcomes in early childhood. Maternal depression and maternal sensitivity were assessed as mediators explaining how m…

Research has suggested that parents who were maltreated as children are significantly more likely to maltreat their own children, creating an intergenerational transmission of child abuse. Maltreated children have been found to have higher levels of negative affect that may lead…

The hippocampus has been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression. This study examined whether youth hippocampal subregion volumes were differentially associated with maternal depression history and youth’s depressive symptoms across the transition to adolescence. 74 prea…