Psychosocial Adjustment as a Mediator in the Relationship between Childhood Exposure to Maternal Depression and Subsequent BMI and Overweight Risk

• Main Authors: Lijie Niu (Author), Skylar Hanson (Author), Juanita Preciado-Becerra (Author), Abdulaziz Eskandarani (Author), Xiaomeng Lei (Author), Mi Le (Author), Zhongzheng Niu (Author), Bin Xie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: This study investigated the correlation between early exposure to maternal depression (from 1 month to Grade 3) and the body mass index (BMI) and potential for overweight in adolescents at age 15. It further examined if the pathway of this correlation was influenced by psychosocial adjus...