At Risk for Depression: A Study of Young Mothers
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Genetic Psychology
- Vol. 142 (2) , 301-310
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.1983.10533521
Abstract
A sample of 75 mothers between 15 and 19 years of age was used to investigate the relationship between depression and the maternal behavior of young mothers. Depression, as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression (CES-D) Scale, varied with marital status, education, and maternal age and was related to hostile, indifferent and rejecting patterns of mother-child interaction. Levels of depression increased in relation to the amount of stress faced by the young mother and decreased when the mother was involved in a supportive social network.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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