Male violence, exceeds female violence by a very significant margin. The origins of this lie in early childhood development, with the first differences appearing in…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Articles relating to depression in families by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Researchers have long been looking at the impact of depression in mothers and depression in fathers on a child’s present and future wellbeing. Another important issue is how depression in one member of the family affects the mood and functioning of other members of the family, not just the children.
Child development research explains why the loss of a parent-child relationship during divorce is so excruciatingly painful for a child.
Duncan Fisher OBEDecember 2018
When a parent’s partner reports good social support, the impact of parental depression on parenting quality all but disappears.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
Infants’ exposure to their mother’s depression predicts poor ability to sustain attention when the child enters school at age six.
Child & Family Blog EditorSeptember 2017
A low-income dad often speaks and plays with his child in unique ways that boost school readiness.
Professor Natasha J. CabreraSeptember 2017
Infants whose mothers were depressed after the birth were not rated as consistently difficult over time if family functioning is good.
Child & Family Blog EditorSeptember 2017
Continuous maternal depression in the first six years of a child’s life predicts family disharmony—but not if the father parents sensitively.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2017
