MATERNAL DEPRESSION EFFECTS ON

CHILDREN

Maria Lavenant, Carolina Lemus, Lizbeth Herrera

WRI 101

INTRODUCTION Depression affects many people. Young, fertile women. Parenting is difficult for women with

depression. Children of depressed mother’s can develop similar symptoms.

PREVIOUS STUDIES Low income Child Protective

Services Low marital

satisfaction

PERSONAL WELL-BEING Interactions with the mother Developmental stages

Internalizing problems: Sleeping problems Low self-esteem Withdrawn behavior

SOCIAL WELL-BEING Interactions with peers and others

VerballyNon-verbally

Externalizing problems: IsolationAggressionAnxiety

PERSONAL & SOCIAL Disorders illustrate the interplay

between personal and social factors. Children with ADHD less likely to

develop Conduct Disorder Children interact in a hostile way

towards peers

CONCLUSION Maternal depression has negative

effects on a child’s personal and social well-being that can lead into adulthood.

LimitationsMarital health IntelligenceLow income communities

IMPLICATIONS Future

prevention and intervention programs

Help parents manage emotions

Positive parenting skills

FUTURE STUDIES Focus in

reducing maternal depression

Reduce internalizing and externalizing problems

Ways to improve child-mother relation.

METHODOLOGY Databases

PsycharticlesPubmedCsa: social sciences

Difficulty separating personal and social well-being

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PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION For the presentation we collaborated in

putting the slides and text together. Maria inserted the images and worked

on the Introduction, Previous Studies and the Personal & Social slides.

Carolina worked on Personal well-being, Methodology, and Future studies slides.

Lizbeth worked on the Social well-being, Conclusion, and limitation slides.