Infants of Depressed Adolescent Mothers

摘要

The objective of the study was to determine whether or not infants of depressed adolescent mothers have poorer outcomes than infants of nondepressed adolescent mothers. The following hypotheses were examined: (1) Approximately 40 percent of adolescents who have children will be depressed during the first year of their infant's lives; (2) other maternal characteristics which place young children at risk will be significantly associated with maternal depression; (3) infants of depressed mothers will have poorer development, decreased growth, and more accidents than infants of adolescents who are not depressed, after controlling for confounding variables.