What family and environmental characteristics predict individual changes in depression over time?
To explore caregivers’ depression across time, we used the child protective services sample component (N = 5,501) of NSCAW. NSCAW used a random sample of agencies and children within agencies to produce the most accurate national estimates possible. Survey data were collected from caseworkers, children, parents and other caregivers, and teachers. Data were collected at baseline (an average of 4 months after the index maltreatment investigation) and at four follow-up points. This research brief reports on the female caregivers of 1,244 children who were living at home at baseline and at all follow-up points. Because of the importance of maternal depression for caregiver-child attachment and early childhood development, this brief focuses on children who were younger than 5 years old when they were involved in the index investigations of maltreatment. The data used here were collected between 1999 and 2006 and drawn from standardized measures of caregiver depression at baseline and at 12
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