Maternal depression over 7 years postpartum: trajectories and multidimensional predictors in a longitudinal cohort study
JaeEun Yang, Ah Rim Kim · 2025
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JaeEun Yang and Ah Rim Kim published a long-term cohort study in 2025. They followed mothers in South Korea after childbirth. Depression was tracked for seven years after delivery. More than one thousand mothers joined the panel study. Symptoms were checked at four points in time. The team modeled how symptoms changed overall. They also searched for predictors across three domains. Child, mother, and family factors were all considered.
More than half of mothers had at least one depressive episode. Among at-risk mothers, symptoms rose slightly over time. Individual paths varied a great deal between mothers. Early birth and low birth weight raised later risk. Depression before birth was another strong predictor. Postpartum depression also predicted later symptoms clearly. The study argues for support well beyond infancy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | JaeEun Yang, Ah Rim Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |