Prospective Relationship between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Asthma Morbidity among Inner-City African American Children

Prospective Relationship between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Asthma Morbidity among Inner-City African American Children

Objective To examine prospective relationships between caregiver's depressive symptoms and child asthma morbidity among inner-city African American families. Methods Phone surveys were conducted 6 months apart with 262 African American mothers of children with asthma. Cross-lagged structural pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric psychology 2010-08, Vol.35 (7), p.758-767
Hauptverfasser: Otsuki, Michiko, Eakin, Michelle N, Arceneaux, Lisa L, Rand, Cynthia S, Butz, Arlene M, Riekert, Kristin A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
African American
African Americans - psychology
asthma
Asthma - psychology
Child
Depression - psychology
depressive symptoms
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Humans
inner-city
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mothers - psychology
Section: Parental Mental Health and Child Outcomes
Urban Population
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Zusammenfassung:Objective To examine prospective relationships between caregiver's depressive symptoms and child asthma morbidity among inner-city African American families. Methods Phone surveys were conducted 6 months apart with 262 African American mothers of children with asthma. Cross-lagged structural path analysis was used for data analyses. Results Using goodness-of-fit indices, the final model for asthma symptoms had a good fit to the data. Time 1 (T1) maternal depressive symptoms predicted T2 child asthma symptoms (β =.16, p
ISSN:0146-8693
1465-735X
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jsp091