Maternal supervision of children during their first 3 years of life: the influence of maternal depression and child gender.

J Pediatr Psychol

MD, MS, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 7014, Rm. 2.347 S Building, 3333 Burnett Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.

Published: April 2014

Objective: The present study examined the effect of child gender and maternal depressive symptoms on routine supervisory practices of mothers longitudinally.

Method: Self-report supervision practices were obtained at various time points from 3 months through 3 years of age.

Results: From 3 to 36 months, the quantity of time mothers reported supervising decreased from 7.1 to 6.3 hours, and the proportion of time spent in an intense style decreased from 63 to 46%, whereas that spent in a peripheral style increased from 14 to 32%. Mothers reported more time supervising girls and a greater proportion of this was in an intense style. Mothers with elevated depressive symptoms reported more time supervising but a lower proportion in an intense style.

Conclusion: Over the first 36 months of life, routine patterns of supervision change and these vary as a function of maternal depression symptoms and child gender. Implications for child injury risk are discussed.

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