The Impact of Prenatal Anxiety and Depression on Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems: The Mediating Roles of Postnatal Maternal Anxiety/Depression and Parenting Stress.

We examined if postnatal maternal anxiety and depression, as well as current parenting stress, would mediate the relationship between prenatal anxiety/depression and current child emotional and behavioral problems. Significant indirect associations were found, highlighting processes by which prenatal anxiety and depression impacts child functioning at 36 months.