2025
Impacts of chronic suicidal ideation on parenting and child development: A longitudinal mother-child cohort study in Pakistan
Hagaman A, Frost A, Sanborn K, Zhou Y, Gallis J, Turner E, Sikander S, Rahman A, Bates L, Saeed G, Mumtaz S, Bibi A, Malik A, Maselko J. Impacts of chronic suicidal ideation on parenting and child development: A longitudinal mother-child cohort study in Pakistan. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 383: 118463. PMID: 40763404, PMCID: PMC12392297, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntergenerational transmissionIntimate partner violenceMaternal educational attainmentPartner violenceSuicidal ideationSI trajectoryYears of child ageEducational attainmentFine motor developmentSocioemotional scoresMiddle-income countriesMother-childChild developmentMother-child cohort studySocioemotional outcomesMotor developmentSuicide prevention programsLongitudinal trajectoriesMother-child dyadsChronic suicidal ideationSuicidal ideation groupChild ageMaternal depressionYear postpartumLinear mixed effects modelsLongitudinal pathways between maternal depression, parenting behaviors, and early childhood development: A mediation analysis
Frost A, Scherer E, Chung E, Gallis J, Sanborn K, Zhou Y, Hagaman A, LeMasters K, Sikander S, Turner E, Maselko J. Longitudinal pathways between maternal depression, parenting behaviors, and early childhood development: A mediation analysis. International Journal Of Behavioral Development 2025, 49: 263-276. PMID: 41001088, PMCID: PMC12459655, DOI: 10.1177/01650254251327372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal depressionChild outcomesChild mental health difficultiesParenting behaviorsMental health difficultiesSex-stratified resultsMother-child dyadsGlobal public health concernPublic health concernHealth difficultiesMonths postpartumEarly childhood developmentHarsh parentingSocioemotional concernsMediation analysisDepressionLongitudinal pathwaysHealth concernChild developmentChildhood developmentChildrenOutcomesParentsPostpartumMonths
2019
Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan
Maselko J, Hagaman AK, Bates LM, Bhalotra S, Biroli P, Gallis JA, O'Donnell K, Sikander S, Turner EL, Rahman A. Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan. Social Science & Medicine 2019, 237: 112421. PMID: 31398510, PMCID: PMC6708722, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal mental healthMonths postpartumMaternal depressionMental healthPerinatal depression interventionChild growthFirst yearDepression interventionsFather involvementProtective associationHigh-income countriesMost mothersBirth cohortChild development outcomesChild developmentPostpartumEffect estimatesProtective patternTime pointsDevelopmental milestonesConfidence intervalsRural settingsLongitudinal dataDepressionIncome countriesCohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development ; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan
Sikander S, Ahmad I, Bates LM, Gallis J, Hagaman A, O’Donnell K, Turner EL, Zaidi A, Rahman A, Maselko J. Cohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development ; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e025644. PMID: 31061029, PMCID: PMC6502044, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocioemotional developmentDetrimental developmental outcomesChildren's socioemotional developmentMother-child dyadsPerinatal depressionEffect of depressionSocioemotional measuresChild developmentDevelopmental outcomesPsychosocial measuresPoor child developmentPregnancy birth cohortChild's ageSchool environmentCohort studyInflammatory biomarkersChronic courseEligible dyadsPregnant womenRisk factorsBaseline assessmentRepeated measuresDyadsDepressionChildrenThe relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan
Scherer E, Hagaman A, Chung E, Rahman A, O’Donnell K, Maselko J. The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 252. PMID: 30819173, PMCID: PMC6396475, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6571-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's socioemotional developmentResponsive caregivingSocioemotional developmentChild developmentCaregiving behaviorChild outcomesMother-child interaction measuresMaternal depressionChildren's socioemotional outcomesMother-child dyadsChild development outcomesHierarchical linear regressionSocioemotional outcomesChild's signalsChild behaviorHome ObservationHOME scoresPhysical outcomesCaregivingLongitudinal studyLower scoresChild's lifeBook activitiesCross-sectional associationsBaseline sociodemographic factors
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