Study suggests higher levels of antisocial behaviour in children of mothers with depression
February 13, 2008 by Andy Merrett · 1 Comment
This study sits rather uneasily with me, though it’s worth bearing in mind that I only had access to a few brief paragraphs, rather than the entire paper.
However, for what it’s worth, researchers at King’s College, London, studied 1,116 sets of twins, finding much higher levels of antisocial behaviour in 7-year-olds whose mothers had suffered depression during the child’s first five years of life.
The greatest risk of “problem behaviours” were in children of mothers who also exhibited signs of antisocial personality disorder.
