Louise Marryat and Claudia Martin
Scottish Centre for Social Research, Edinburgh
Prepared for the Scottish Government: Children, Young People and Social Care Directorate by the Scottish Centre for Social Research
ISBN 978 0 7559 8310 0 (Web only publication)
This document is also available in pdf format (2Mb) This report is one of four reports & accompanied with research findings, 3/2010
(GUS) The circumstances of persistently poor children, research findings 1/2010,
(GUS) Health inequalities in the early years , research findings 2/2010,,
(GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4/2010.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION
1.1 The policy context
1.2 Pregnancy, childbirth and mental health
1.3 Maternal mental health and child outcomes
1.4 Longitudinal research
1.5 How the study will contribute to the evidence base
2 AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND METHODS
2.1 Project Aim
2.2 Specific objectives
2.3 Summary of methods
3 FINDINGS
3.1 Summary of main findings
3.2 Incidence of maternal mental health problems
3.3 The social patterning of mental health problems
3.4 The impact of maternal mental health on early child outcomes
4 CONCLUSION
4.1 The key findings
4.2 The findings in context
4.3 Measurement issues: reliability and validity
4.4 Artefact and attribution
4.5 Conclusions and implications
REFERENCES
Appendix A: Methods in detail
Assessing maternal mental well-being over time
The relationship between maternal mental health and child outcomes
Appendix B: Regression output