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Emily Wiemers, University of Massachusetts
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Multigenerational Relationships and Economic Resources Among Black and White Families in the US
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Maternal postpartum depressive symptoms and infant externalizing and internalizing behaviors
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Maternal postpartum depression has been shown to be one of the main predictors of externalizing and internalizing behaviors in toddlers and adolescents. Research suggests that presence of such behaviors can be observed as early as infancy. The current study uses longitudinal data from 247 mothers to examine the relationship between postpartum depressive symptoms at 8 weeks and the infant's externalizing and internalizing behaviors at 12 months. In unadjusted linear regression models, there were associations between postpartum depressive symptoms and infant externalizing behaviors (β=0.082, SE=0.032, p=0.012) and internalizing behaviors (β=0.111, SE=0.037, p=0.003). After controlling for potential confounding factors, including maternal age, race, education, home ownership, smoking status in the postpartum period, marital status, parenting stress, and happiness from becoming a parent, the associations between postpartum depressive symptoms and infant externalizing (β=0.051, SE=0.034, p=0.138) and internalizing behaviors (β=0.077, SE=0.040, p=0.057) were reduced and became non-significant. Furthermore, in these models the total amount of variance explained was 17.2% (p<0.0001) for externalizing behaviors and 10.5% (p<0.01) for internalizing behaviors; the only significant predictor of externalizing behaviors was maternal age (β=-0.074, SE=0.030, p=0.014), and of internalizing behaviors was white non-Hispanic ethnicity (β=-1.33, SE=0.378, p=0.0005). A combined effect of the confounding factors seems to explain the finding of no significant independent association between postpartum depressive symptoms and infant externalizing and internalizing behaviors.
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Edmond Shenassa, Ph.D.
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Edmond Shenassa Publications
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New Developments at the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
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New appointments, past and upcoming programs
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Andrew J. Cherlin, Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
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The Economy, the Family, and Working Class Discontent
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IPUMS - Time Use website launched
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Hofferth and colleagues help make time use data readily accessible
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Double Burden for Women in Mid and Later Life: Evidence from Time Use Profiles in Cebu, Philippines
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Feinian Chen, University of Maryland, et al.; 2016-008
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Household Structure and Gendered Outcomes for Children in South Africa: A Conceptual and Methodological Examination of an Understudied Issue
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Sangeetha Madhavan, University of Maryland, et al. // Keywords: co-residence, extended kin, children, South Africa, education; 2016-007
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Parental involvement, child effort, and the development of immigrant boys’ and girls’ reading and mathematics skills: A latent difference score growth model
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U.J. Moon and Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland // Keywords: academic achievement, gender differences, immigrant children, parent involvement, longitudinal study; 2016-006
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Towards a Deeper Understanding of Female Competitiveness and the Gender Gap: Evidence from Patrilocal and Matrilocal Cultures
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Kenneth Leonard, et al.; 2016-005
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How Do They Do It? The Immigrant Paradox in the Transition to Adulthood
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Sandra Hofferth and U.J. Moon, University of Maryland // Keywords: Immigrants, children, transition to adulthood, education, employment, extracurricular activities, culture; 2016-004
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