The relation between preschool children’s language development and their mothers’ depression and anxiety symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Objectives: In this study, the relationship between preschool age group children’s language development anddepression/anxiety symptoms of their mothers was investigated.Methods: Children aged 13-75 months and their mothers were included. Denver-II test and Beck Depressionand anxiety scales were utilized. SPSS 17.0 program was used and p 0.05).Conclusions: The level of education of mother seems to affect language development. There is a relationshipbetween the depressive symptoms of the mother and the delay in language development. It seems importantthat the mothers of the cases whose children had language development to be directed to psychiatric evaluation.